Yeah, I really like their projection on the 8mm. Its probably one of the best projections out there. The 10-20 I used was indeed the variable aperture one. Compared to my 12-24, there's just no contest.
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > I have their 8mm, it's actually a nice optic, it's not strictly > fish-eye either. It's has a stereographic projection which translates > to less objectionable distortion in the corners than a regular > fish-eye and when used to shoot multi-image panos a better stitch. > > On 8 December 2013 06:27, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >> The problem with their lenses is really build quality. They have >> really good optics, no doubt about that (especially for the cost), but >> if you look at lensrentals repair list they are all at the top. If >> they started making nice metal bodied primes, a lot more people would >> take them more seriously. Then again their prices would go up as well, >> so I'm all for the cheap plastic fantastics myself. The 24 they make >> is kind of interesting, but I really want their 8mm fisheye which is >> pretty superb. This 10 is very intriguing as well. I can't wait to see >> some shots with it from a K-3. If they can keep distortion low and >> give good edge to edge sharpness at middle fstops, they will have a >> real winner. >> >> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 02:24:16AM +1100, Rob Studdert wrote: >>>> The edges aren't that bad on the Sigma 10-20/3.5, they are better than >>>> the Sigma 14/2.8 and the old Pentax A15/3.5. At 10mm wide open it's a >>>> soft right at the extremes but generally if it needs to be used wide >>>> open then light is poor anyhow and the image doesn't suffer for the >>>> lack of edge sharpness. >>>> >>>> On 8 December 2013 01:14, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > I'm not a big fan of the sigma WA zooms. The edges on the 10-20 aren't >>>> > great IMO. >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> It looks mildly interesting, unless you have a Sigma 10-20/3.5 which >>>> >> is no optical slouch, is less than a stop slower, provides a more >>>> >> versatile focal length range, has HSM focus which allows full manual >>>> >> override and is cheaper. >>> >>> I've found that the 2/3 stop between f/1.4 and f/1.7 can make a big >>> difference, and that shooting indoors with my 8/3.5 I tend to get a >>> lot of that "artsy subject motion blur". I'll be very interested in >>> seeing how this lens works. >>> >>> If Samyang ever starts putting their optics in lenses with autofocus, >>> Tamron and Sigma will be in serious trouble. Then again, if they start >>> doing that, their lenses won't be nearly so inexpensive. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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. -- 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.
