Looks pretty darn good. Years ago, I had the Tokina 17. I did find that wide open it was way too soft - but stopped down 2 stops it sharpened right up.
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, March 4, 2007, 9:27:35 AM, you wrote: JCOC> That is a really big gap between JCOC> 14 and 20 ( equiv. from 21 to 30mm on FF ). JCOC> lets see, to fill that gap between 14 JCOC> and 20 evenly he would need a ~ 16.75mm JCOC> lens, and that would be easily found JCOC> in a 17mm which would be close enough. JCOC> I dont think Pentax ever made a 17mm JCOC> rectilinear lens, but there are third party JCOC> models out there, I have them in both JCOC> f3.5 RMC tokina and f3.5 AD2 tamron. The tokina works well JCOC> on APS, havent tried the tamron yet. JCOC> There is also an AT-x tokina 17mm, which I JCOC> havent ever used. JCOC> FWIW, heres a sample with the RMC tokina 17mm F3.5 on a istDS JCOC> taken under heavy overcast skies : JCOC> http://www.jchriso.com/temp/17MMRMCTOKINASAMPLE1.jpg JCOC> jco JCOC> -----Original Message----- JCOC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JCOC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JCOC> Godfrey DiGiorgi JCOC> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:27 AM JCOC> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List JCOC> Subject: Re: beauty shot: Pentax K10D JCOC> On Mar 4, 2007, at 6:36 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> Godders, how are you getting along with such gaping focal length holes >> in your inventory. I mean those between 14 and 20, 35 and 43 and 43 >> and >> 50? >> Don't skimp, pick up a 16~45. ;-($) JCOC> Had one. Didn't like it. Sold it. JCOC> I have no problem with the spacings between primes. JCOC> G JCOC> - obligatory smiley deleted accidentally - JCOC> -- JCOC> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List JCOC> [email protected] JCOC> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
