Whatabout the DA12-24 on 35mm coverage? Someone should try ;) 2007/1/17, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have the 12-24 and overall its a really nice lens. True is a bit on > the big side by pentax standards but its not too bad. > > Pros: > Sharp... even wide open though it is not at its best.. by f5.6 -> > f8 its tack sharp > Flare ... Good flare control considering the fact its an ultra wide... > Distortion ... well controlled and easily correctible in PS > Handling... Lovely > > Cons: > Chromatic Aberration: Sometimes it can be annoying but so far I > have not had cases of CA that could not be corrected in ACR. > > The thing to keep in mind is to watch out for it. I recently had a > shot that required a lot of cloning to remove a tangle of electrial > cables after about 3 hours of cloning out I realised I had forgotten > to remove the CA... In colour the CA was barely noticable but when I > converted the shot to monochrome it really stood out so it took more > time to clone out the CA.. Yes I know you can fix it in PS evern > after ACR but somehow it does not do as good a job... > > I only wish it was a D-FA lens instead of a DA lens that way I would > be able to shoot some lovely ultra wide velvia slides with it. > > Overall a great lens that I am rapidly becoming addicted to. > > Regards > > Patrick > > > > > On 1/16/07, Michael Perham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would be really interested to hear your opinion of the lens once you have > > had time to play with it a bit ...I am debating between this lens and the DA > > 14. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > William Robb > > Sent: January 15, 2007 3:58 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: It Arrived! > > > > My 12-24 arrived today. > > First impression: It sure is big. > > I haven't done more than to stick it onto the camera in the store and see > > how straight it stays through the zoom range. > > Do they really have to be this big? > > It's huge, almost as big as my 45mm 6x7 lens. > > The guy at the camera store said it was the biggest Pentax lens he had ever > > seen. > > I offered to take my 600 in some time. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > -- > Regards > > Patrick Genovese > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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