It sure makes for one expensive 27mm equivalent though. I sold my mint 18mm F3.5 K lens for $820 last year on ebay. I think a smaller digital format lens would be cheaper and better if they make one. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pawel Bartuzi Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:55 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS? John Whittingham wrote: >> My most used kit on DS consists of SMC K 18/3.5 and SMC FA 35/2, >> sometimes SMC M 50/1.4 and longer - and these are the lenses I use >> on MX either. All lenses are fine to focus on MX, on the DS I find >> that the easiest to focus is SMC M 50. >> > > What is your opinion of the K 18mm f/3.5 on digital, I have one I'm > thinking > of using on the K10D. > Well, I'm not the best person to ask as I have absolutely no experience with other ultra-wides on digital or analog. That said, for me SMC K 18 is very useful: it is faster than most of zooms, its compact, and it fits my MX, too. :) Here are some of casual shots taken with it on *ist DS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pawelb/sets/72157594375271047/ As you can see, there is some distortion and chromatic aberration, too, but nothing that could not be taken care of in SILKYPIX or other RAW processors. :) -- Best regards, Pawel ________________________________________________________________________ ____ Promocja trwa! Kup serwer WWW za 50 zl + VAT! www.nazwa.pl -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
