You might also consider the Pentax 21mm f3.2 Limited. The SMC version (used) can be had for nearly the same price as the Bower. http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=80 http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpda21mmf32al/
Obviously not as wide as the 14mm Samyang. But a much smaller package (119 gr vs 558 gr) and autofocus. Price favors Samyang if comparing new to new. I'm very happy with my Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6 for the ultrawide side of things, but recently I find myself drawn to that little 21mm Pentax Limited. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:35 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > So for quite some time now I've been debating the merits of buying an > extra-ultra wide angle lens. Since going digital the only really wide lens > I've been using is my old K 17mm f4.0 fisheye, which is kinda like a having > a 24mm lens on a 35mm film body but with just incredible barrel distortion, > but not fish eye. > > I've been debating getting the 15mm f4 the 14mm f2.8 one of the Zooms either > the Pentax 12-24 or one of the Sigma Zooms. The Samyang 10mm is really very > tempting, but I'm not sure that I'd use it enough to justify it's rather > steep price, especially as it's quite bulky and I've been trying very hard > to keep the lenses in my kit as small as possible. > > It hasn't helped that I've spent the last few years pretty broke. > > Well now B&H photo has the Samyang 14mm f2.8 in Bower livery for only about > $260. Pretty much every review I've read about it says it's an awesome lens > for the price, and at this price I almost have to get one. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
