I apologize, the Phoenix 19-35 is made by Cosina and not Samyang. I get my third-party sell-to-anyone OEMs confused sometimes. Anyway, the truth is probably a plus, not a minus. If I had my choice of Cosina-made lenses I would be a very happy man.
Ira On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:14:16 -0500 "Ira H. Bryant IV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know about the FAJ 18-35, but I was in the same position as > you and went for the Samyang manual focus 19-35. I got the > Phoenix-branded one, but it comes in many guises. I didn't use it for > a long time because I really didn't have confidence in it, but I > pulled it out the other day and thought it did pretty well. Much > better than I expected. > > I used it on my ME Super with black and white film. Unfortunately, I > haven't scanned any of the negatives or prints, so I can't show an > example. I believe there is an auto-focus version, but I have read it > is not as good. > > Funnily enough, just today I was looking at the FA 20-35 on the Keh > website. I would really like to have that lens, but for me it is a > film-specific lens and I don't use film enough to justify the cost to > myself. I don't regret the Samyang but the 20-35 has a good > reputation. > > Anyway, I know that I'm not answering the question you asked, but I > hope it helps anyway. > > Ira > > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:48:47 -0400 > Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know it's cheaply built, but I've got one offered to me at a very > > reasonable price and it would make a nice wide zoom option for my > > Z-1p. Sadly funds do not currently extend to a FA 20 or FA 20-35 > > which would be my preferred choice. > > > > So, how is it on film? > > > > -Adam > > > > > -- Ira Bryant [email protected] -- 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.
