> Well, I'm not the best person to ask as I have absolutely no > experience with other ultra-wides on digital or analog. That said, > for me SMC K 18 is very useful: it is faster than most of zooms, its > compact, and it fits my MX, too. :) > > Here are some of casual shots taken with it on *ist DS: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pawelb/sets/72157594375271047/ > > As you can see, there is some distortion and chromatic aberration, > too, but nothing that could not be taken care of in SILKYPIX or > other RAW processors. :)
Thanks for that, it does look pleasingly sharp with good definition. I can't see any CA in those images. I've used the K 18 on most of my manual focus cameras without problems and more recently on the MZ-3 with good results. I'm just trying to avoid purchasing the 18-55 kit lens with the K10D or looking for a reasonably wide lens too soon after purchase of the camera body. I agree fully with your views regarding the usefulness, it's very compact for it's size and reasonably fast at f/3.5, I was always more than happy with the lens when using film. Best regards, John John Whittingham ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Pawel Bartuzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:55:10 +0100 Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS? > John Whittingham wrote: > >> My most used kit on DS consists of SMC K 18/3.5 and SMC FA 35/2, > >> sometimes SMC M 50/1.4 and longer - and these are the lenses I use > >> on MX either. All lenses are fine to focus on MX, on the DS I find > >> that the easiest to focus is SMC M 50. > >> > > > > What is your opinion of the K 18mm f/3.5 on digital, I have one I'm thinking > > of using on the K10D. > > > Well, I'm not the best person to ask as I have absolutely no > experience with other ultra-wides on digital or analog. That said, > for me SMC K 18 is very useful: it is faster than most of zooms, its > compact, and it fits my MX, too. :) > > Here are some of casual shots taken with it on *ist DS: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pawelb/sets/72157594375271047/ > > As you can see, there is some distortion and chromatic aberration, > too, but nothing that could not be taken care of in SILKYPIX or > other RAW processors. :) > > -- > Best regards, > Pawel > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Promocja trwa! Kup serwer WWW za 50 zl + VAT! > www.nazwa.pl > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom > it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you have received an email in error please notify > Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it > from your systems. > > Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email > attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be > free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. > > Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for > inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for > the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not > necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held > responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------- End of Original Message ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
