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Both the Fujinon 55mm f/1.8 and f/1.4 M42 lenses are superb. The f/1.6 - not so much. If you can ever find a 135mm f/2.8, jump on it. It's among the best, too. -- Tony-S

Just about any of the auto thyristor flashes will work. I still have a Sunpak 26DX Auto and Vivitar 283 that work fine on my SD15. -- Tony-S

The problem is SPP is tied to the cpu and does not use the gpu for anything. Plus, even if your MacBook Pro had 4 cores (which it may) SPP still would only use two of them. This is why Aperture is...

But the 24-70 is not. -- Tony-S

It is clear that Sigma made it for Windows, then ported it to OS X because its GUI is nearly identical to Windows. I'm ok with the interface, but the stability and the fact that it only uses...

Normally, I would agree. But in this case the bottleneck is the poor coding done by Sigma's SPP engineering team. ;) -- Tony-S

The OP asked: And Joseph gave the three possible options. Being guilty of providing a thorough answer is a good thing, not a bad thing as you seem to suggest. I thought it was already...

I find them often informative and entertaining! How is this relevant? Is that a kettle calling? -- Tony-S

Registration distances are completely irrelevant with this lens. -- Tony-S

DPP is really poorly written. It's as if they wrote it for Windows then, as an afterthought, ported it to OS X with minimal effort. -- Tony-S

I sent CRIS my 24-70 f/2.8 HSM which was at +20 on my EOS 5Dii MFA and it came back at +3 MFA, so I'm quite happy with my experience with them. I also have their MR9 voltage regulator for my Canon...

A few HDRs from today. Each is 5 shots at 0.7 EV intervals. Exported from SPP as 16-bit TIFFs, imported into Aperture for Photomatix Pro, then adjustments in Aperture. Pentax 135mm f/2.5 Super...

Even my Zeiss 50mm f/2 makro suffers from CA. It happens and it's usually not that big of a deal. Fix it in post if necessary. dpr://galleries/3341394/photos/1809413 -- Tony-S

I had the 20 f/1.8 for a few years. From f/4 and on it was just as good as my EF 17-40 f/4L on my 5Dii. Kind of soft from f/1.8 to about f/4 but sharpens up quite nicely by f/5.6. Color rendition...

There is no such thing as a single lens or FL for landscapes. Out here in the mountain west, most of my landscapes are done on the long end. Some of my best have come with the 150-500 HSM OS on my...

Of course, that should be "based on 35mm film". The AOV is for the 1.7x Foveon. -- Tony-S

Lens arrived today and it's in near-mint condition. It's long and skinny but seems to work well. I'd like to get a tripod collar for it, but I doubt one is available. Here are a few shots OF it....

I do my editing and tagging in Aperture. Unfortunately, Aperture doesn't support Sigma's raw file formats so I export from SPP as 16-bit TIFFs then import into Aperture for editing. I'd like to...

The principal reasons why I'm not giving up my 5Dii are: 1. Far better flash system 2. 135mm f/2L 3. Full-frame sensor 4. Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 -- Tony-S

It seems to still only use two cores. That's really frustrating. Aperture 3 uses all four cores and hyperthreading on my Mac. -- Tony-S