I am borrowing this lens for a week. Unfortunately the light is no good, so I haven't really tested it, so all I can comment on is the handling.
So far, it seems a gem of a lens. It is lighter than what I expected, and the focus clutch is very nice. The manual focus feel is all right. I definitely feel some LBA coming ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Genovese Sent: 17. januar 2007 11:09 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: It Arrived! 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
