Lenses

Bob S responds:

et me jump in here and point you to an article in Oct issue of PCPhoto,
page 26 by Rick Sammon, "Transforming a Photograph". In the article he
discusses how to use the Perspective control in PS.

Find a used lens or borrow one and see how it works out.

I probably have the issue. If not, the library does.

But finding a Pentax AF fish-eye may be more than this area can handle. Small
towns are not great sources of offbrand camera gear for loan. Well, Bedford is
small, 6600 people, and I don't even live in town, but 10 miles out.

I wonder if Ritz in Roanoke carries Pentax gear? If they have something I can
plug in and shoot a few frames in the store...

Ah, hell. I probably won't have the money until the Christmas bills are paid,
so why worry.

Thanks for the idea, though.

Charlie Self
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the
well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and
vindicator only of her own." John Quincy Adams

Charlie Self wrote:
On a digital SLR, mine anyway, there is a 1.5 'crop' factor. In essence,
my
16-45mm lens has a bottom end of 24mm. Fair enough. I knew that going in.

I hadn't realized how handy it might be to have a shorter lens, an actual
15 or 16mm.

Now, the only available lenses appear to be 8mm or 15mm fisheyes.

Canon has announce a 10-22 zoon for their high end digitals to be out by
the end of the year. That is one reason I am planning on buying a 20D. I
have been putting off buying a serious digital because of the lack of wide
angle and the delay issue that appears to be resolved.

If you don't have a Canon, I would not worry, as I expect other makes to
follow soon.


--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Charlie,

Check out www.adorama.com on their used Pentax lenses

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?o...nt&cat3=Lenses

Even if you need an adapter - some good prices there i.e. a 17/4.0 fisheye
for $259.... another 17/3.5 for $239. Remember the reason you bought that
Pentax was to have backward compatibility. Here's where it pays off.....

I didn't check B&H but they probably have similar lenses.


Bob S.



Ah, hell. I probably won't have the money until the Christmas bills are
paid,
so why worry.

Thanks for the idea, though.

Charlie Self
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the
well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and
vindicator only of her own." John Quincy Adams

"Joseph Meehan" wrote:
Canon has announce a 10-22 zoon for their high end digitals to be out
by
the end of the year. That is one reason I am planning on buying a 20D.

At release, the 10-22mm zoom will fit the 20D and entry-level 300D models.
Canon's high-end model is full frame, so no worries.

If you don't have a Canon, I would not worry, as I expect other makes
to
follow soon.

Tamron announced their 11-18mm yesterday, but initial mounts don't seem
to include Pentax. The Sigma 12-24mm has been available for a while and
has the bonus of working with some full-frame cameras as well. On the
downside, it's a little big, a little slow, doesn't have an aperture
ring, and only permits limited use of filters.

I have one of the 12-24mm Sigma's in Nikon mount, and while my copy
seems fine, others have reported quality control issues.

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"Michael Benveniste" writes:

Tamron announced their 11-18mm yesterday, but initial mounts don't
seem to include Pentax. The Sigma 12-24mm has been available for a
while and has the bonus of working with some full-frame cameras as
well. On the downside, it's a little big, a little slow, doesn't
have an aperture ring, and only permits limited use of filters.

The Tamron isn't any faster than the Sigma, though. (The Tamron is
f4.5-5.6 according to the news release on the Tamron web site.
Sigma's site says the exact same range for the 12-24.) On the other
hand, 1 mm is pretty significant out at 11mm -- if the measurements
are honest.

I have one of the 12-24mm Sigma's in Nikon mount, and while my copy
seems fine, others have reported quality control issues.

That's going to be one of the places where cheaper lenses suffer.
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