Yeah, I hear you, none of my recent lens purchases but the 8mm fisheye are usable on my LX or MX bodies :(
On 9 September 2013 21:54, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Rob. I'm looking to use this on a full frame body - *ist, Mz-S or LX > - with film, of course. The 17 to 50 would be too short. I should note that > an aperture ring is highly desireable as well, as it would allow for the LX > and other older bodies. (Event he Mz-S is somewhat limited without an > aperture ring.) > > Mark > > > On 9/8/2013 10:40 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> I have the Sigma Lens 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM, it's pretty good but >> maybe a bit too short on the long end for you, are you looking to >> shoot on FF or a cropped body so are you lokking at an equivalent FOV? >> >> >> On 9 September 2013 12:33, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I've been shooting a bit of film latelyand have been using the FA 28-105 >>> f4-5.6 zoom as my everyday lens. This past week I was really chaffing >>> under >>> this lens - it was just too slow, the rotating front element was at times >>> a >>> PITA, it is heavy (thanks to the power zoom motor etc), and looking at >>> the >>> image results, it is rather soft around the edges when shot wide open >>> (which >>> I do more often that I'd like because it is so slow!) Granted, I was >>> shooting IR film and using a #29 deep red filter most of the time (-3 >>> stops) >>> but this made me wonder about alternatives.... >>> >>> Looking at Pentax Forums lens ratings, I was surprised to see that the >>> two >>> zooms I have (the 28-105 and the FA 28-70 f4 AL) are near the top of the >>> pack for the "consumer" zooms and altually very close to the the FA* >>> 28-70 >>> f2.8... I would rate the lenses I have as very good in terms of optical >>> quality, but falling short of really first rate quality. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest any top-quality 3rd party lenses in the 28 - 100 range >>> that I should take a look at? I am hoping for somehitng that is faster >>> than >>> what I have (either f4 constant or f.35-f4.5), 24/28 mm - 90/100 mm, >>> non-rotating front element of very good optical quality (on par with the >>> lenses I have.) >>> >>> I won't go on from there ... >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
