IMO, it's a mixed bag.
I too really like this lens on film cameras, but it is something of a specialty item. You really have to pick a subject where the distortion is pronounced and complimentary to the composition, or is masked and buried in the image.
On the *ist-D the results with this lens are a really mixed bag. I just slapped it onto my *ist-D and took a walk through the house. The fisheye effect is less pronounced with more distant subjects. I could get a nice wide angle shot of my dining room with little apparent distortion, but if I moved in a few feet, there was obvious barrel distortion, but not pronounced enough to be the cool fisheye effect. Get very close to a subject, and the fisheye effect takes hold.
I would not recommend this as a general purpose zoom with the *ist-D/DS - but then I would not recommend it as a general purpose wide angle with a film body. It's a great quirky lens, a little less quirky on the digitals though.
- MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: How performs Pentax fisheye zoom 17-28 on *ist DS?
Dear group, I love my fisheye zoom on my Z-1. But how will it perform on my future *ist DS? Who has experience? Greetings Jos
