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So... where is the DA wide angle lens?

Started Jan 23, 2017 | Discussions thread
Tatouzou
Tatouzou Senior Member • Posts: 2,081
Re: So... where is the DA wide angle lens?
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miles green wrote:

A Schamber wrote:

I know I've been away from the forum for way too long. Good ol' days in 2009.

I remember talks of a wide angle DA* lens in the work in 2010!

No, no, they meant 2017, at CP+ (in a month).

Ehm, maybe not a * lens though. I'd wait a month anyway. I have the Sigma 8-16, a horkhorse lens, but as i shoot with the K-1 now, i'll be selling it. The 10-20 3.5 accepts filters.

You could also consider the DA 15. You've got to close it down for landscapes to get it sharp all over (almost?), but the colors, sun stars and flare resistance are exemplary.

Me and my son we both have it, and it is an outstanding lens. And with the improvements in high ISO performance and stabilization, it delivers.

For hobby, IMO, a compact UWA lens easy to carry around and such high contrast, appealing colour and 3D-like rendition, low distorsion and resistance to flare is much more convenient than a big and heavy large aperture lens.

Two samples, one from my flickr gallery, the second one from my son's gallery:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70066783@N06/27669930071/in/album-72157669819332676/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasbousquet/22426107962/in/album-72157659862067660/

I think there are some aps-c UWA primes from Samyang and Laowa as well.

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Pentaxian with chronic LBA since 1997
Corfu, Greece
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