PN Stenquist wrote:
I have a pro friend who was shooting Nikon. I believe with a D3 and
700D. He recently got rid of the D3 and bought the new full-frame Sigma
and the Zeiss Planar lenses that are available for it. He says it's the
same sensor as the D3X. And he wanted the in-body shake reduction. I
fondled one of those Zeiss lenses -- a 135/1.8. Beautiful. And a metal
hood. Gadzooks. I've read that the lenses are not actually made by
Zeiss. But they sure look good.
I think you mean full-frame "Sony", not Sigma, right?
And I expect you're correct about the lenses not being made by Zeiss. I
think they're real Zeiss designs, though.
BTW Paul, I believe you have the Pentax 14mm/2.8? If so, what's your
opinion of it? I'm interested in a wide angle for the K20D and that lens
may get the nod. I've slowly been ruling out other options: I've become
a big fan of the recent Sigma EX lenses and the 10-20 has an amazingly
good reputation, but it's way slow (f/5.6) at the long end. The Pentax
12-24 is a wee bit slow and only goes to 12mm at the wide end and it's a
little pricey, but at least it's constant aperture. I'd been hanging my
hopes on the Tamron 10-24 but early sample shots are *very*
disappointing, so unless they're from dud lenses I'll have to rule it
out, too.
So though it's not as *really* wide as I'd prefer, the Pentax 14/2.8
looks promising: Much smaller and lighter than the zooms and
significantly faster.
I'd been hoping that Pentax (or someone) would make a 10mm or 12mm f/2.8
prime, but I really do expect larger sensors to be on the way (even for
Pentax) so I doubt we'll see anyone throwing R&D money in that direction
at this point.
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