I have their 8mm, it's actually a nice optic, it's not strictly fish-eye either. It's has a stereographic projection which translates to less objectionable distortion in the corners than a regular fish-eye and when used to shoot multi-image panos a better stitch.
On 8 December 2013 06:27, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > The problem with their lenses is really build quality. They have > really good optics, no doubt about that (especially for the cost), but > if you look at lensrentals repair list they are all at the top. If > they started making nice metal bodied primes, a lot more people would > take them more seriously. Then again their prices would go up as well, > so I'm all for the cheap plastic fantastics myself. The 24 they make > is kind of interesting, but I really want their 8mm fisheye which is > pretty superb. This 10 is very intriguing as well. I can't wait to see > some shots with it from a K-3. If they can keep distortion low and > give good edge to edge sharpness at middle fstops, they will have a > real winner. > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 02:24:16AM +1100, Rob Studdert wrote: >>> The edges aren't that bad on the Sigma 10-20/3.5, they are better than >>> the Sigma 14/2.8 and the old Pentax A15/3.5. At 10mm wide open it's a >>> soft right at the extremes but generally if it needs to be used wide >>> open then light is poor anyhow and the image doesn't suffer for the >>> lack of edge sharpness. >>> >>> On 8 December 2013 01:14, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > I'm not a big fan of the sigma WA zooms. The edges on the 10-20 aren't >>> > great IMO. >>> > >>> > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> >> It looks mildly interesting, unless you have a Sigma 10-20/3.5 which >>> >> is no optical slouch, is less than a stop slower, provides a more >>> >> versatile focal length range, has HSM focus which allows full manual >>> >> override and is cheaper. >> >> I've found that the 2/3 stop between f/1.4 and f/1.7 can make a big >> difference, and that shooting indoors with my 8/3.5 I tend to get a >> lot of that "artsy subject motion blur". I'll be very interested in >> seeing how this lens works. >> >> If Samyang ever starts putting their optics in lenses with autofocus, >> Tamron and Sigma will be in serious trouble. Then again, if they start >> doing that, their lenses won't be nearly so inexpensive. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
