On Sep 28, 2006, at 1:35 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: >> J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> since you are only using 2/3 of the lenses angle of >>> view maybe you should fashion a custom hood for APS >>> usage to help eliminate flare caused by out of frame >>> light sources? >> >> >> Still wouldn't be enough to make the lens usable for my purposes. >> Pity >> really. >> >> Somehow, the whole wide-angle business appears to be Pentax' weak >> point. >> >> The 2.8/24 mm has a real nasty barrel distorsion, the 2.8/28 mm is a >> notorious under-achiever, and the 2.8/35 mm is prone to sticky >> aperture >> blades (so much that I haven't seen a working example on ebay.de for >> ages - those who were claimed to be OK were just as bad).
I never noticed much barrel distortion with the A24/2.8. > What about the 2/28, 2/35 and 2.8/14 DA? All are excellent lenses, and > two of them are currently available. And the FA20/2.8 ... one of the best I've tried ... or DA21/3.2? Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
