I can't say I've got a lot of experience with either, but the 10-17 is
very nice and is a relatively small lens. The 12-24 is huge by
comparison. Still except for your M 28mm none of your lenses, (owned or
otherwise), appears to be particularly compact, so that might not be
particularly important to you.
Axel Belinfante wrote:
> my fisheye-like zenitar k2.8/16 no longer is very wide on the k10d,
> so I'm considering something wider.
> after the zenitar my current widest is 28mm (FA* 28-70/2.8, M-28/2.8),
> but I'm pretty sure I'll fall for the 16-50 DA* (and the 50-135)
> when I see one available nearby (hopefully soon :-).
>
> for the wider angle I'm considering DA 10-17 and the DA 12-24,
> and I'm trying to appreciate the difference between them,
> in particular for the fov that they share. any opinions?
> there wouldn't be any sample shots out there that compare them?
> (I cannot image there are none, but I tried to find without succes)
>
> not so long ago william rob (happy birthday!) wrote:
>
>> I ended up doing the same thing. I bought the 14, found it wasn't
>> wide enough, so I bought the 10-17. While I found it to be wide enough,
>> I never really got the hang of defishing, so I bought the 12-24
>> for those times when the 14 wasn't wide enough, but i didn't need
>> the fov of the 10mm.
>>
>
> reading the above makes me feel I should get both and compare... :-)
>
> I'm also hoping either would fit in a usable (travel) kit
> (to return to that thread of a while ago; I'll be visiting nyc
> for a couple of days in early december so I should be enabled
> as it seems you say here :-)
>
> I'm thinking of
> 10-17 or 12-24, DA* 16-50/2.8, DA* 50-135/2.8, 50/1.4
> a 2x converter if it works with the DA* 50-135 I don't own yet.
> I'm not sure about carry-ing the FA* 80-200/2.8 around.
>
> anyway, so much for LBA ideas, have to see what happens,
> Axel.
>
>
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