There are so few choices in this focal length range, particularly for something usable on 35mm film, if you can get it cheap enough, and return it, it's probably worth a shot.
I didn't like the Sigma 14mm much. I found it's size and weight, with that bulbous front element, difficult to work with and the flare produced by the example I had was pervasive. It seemed to have poor sharpness, a smeary look particularly off-center, until stopped well down to f/5.6 or smaller lens openings. Might have been a bad example. Which supports my other inclination to not waste time on Sigma lenses at all due to their poor consistency and build quality. Every Sigma lens I've purchased has required two or three exchanges to get a "decent" example, and even then were at best only just acceptable. I have always ended up trading the Sigma lens back for something else. I'd rather just buy the DA14 or DA12-24 for the DSLR, and then get a used Voigtländer Bessa-L and a Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspheric if you want to play with ultrawide on film. You can get that combo for around $500 for the DA14 and $200 for the film camera with lens... Godfrey On Sep 29, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > ... Yes, thanks - very interesting page indeed. I might buy this > Sigma lens > after all, you know. > > Boris > > > Cotty wrote: >> On 29/09/07, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Derby I just found on the eBay that Sigma can be had for $450 while >>> Tamron is 3 times this figure. I can easily justify the $450 >>> taking into >>> account that I recently sold $300 worth of gear, but $1,325 is >>> way out >>> of my reach. >>> >>> Do you have any experience with Sigma 14 lens? >> >> I'm not Derby and I'm on-list ;-) but here's a page which you might >> find useful or not: >> >> <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare3.html> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
