17mm f/4

[Rick Womer]

I just experimented with the DA 10-17 on my PZ-1p. 
There is strange keyhole-shaped vignetting until 14 mm
through the viewfinder.  I shot a few frames to fill
up a roll of film, and in a few days I'll see what the
negs show.

Rick

--- Mark Roberts <msroberts01 at ysu.edu> wrote:

> Rick Womer wrote:
> 
> >You're not going to get much fisheye effect at 17mm
> >unless you're getting a 1DS.
> 
> I'd be curious to see just how much fisheye effect
> does show up. 
> Cotty's 1D-II is a 1.3 crop, so it ought to be more
> apparent than on a 
> 1.5 or 1.6 crop camera.
> 
> Another lens to consider is the Pentax SMC A 16mm
> fisheye. Only 1mm 
> wider but every millimeter makes a big difference at
> these focal 
> lengths, especially with a cropped-format sensor.
> 
> >Tokina makes the 10-17 fisheye zoom in a Canon
> mount. 
> >Of course, you would miss the sadistic glee of a
> mount
> >transplant without anesthesia...
> 
> I'd like to know if the Tokina lens covers the
> 1.3-crop sensor (thery 
> certainly don't warn against it). That information
> could be interesting 
> in many ways :)
> 
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