I saw on facebook that B&H is selling the full frame, manual focus Irix Blackstone 11mm f/4 for $379 marked down from $649. Their firefly model is a bit less, but I felt the metal body worth the extra. I don’t know if the firefly also has the weather sealing. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325629-REG/irix_il_11bs_pk_11mm_blackstone_lens_for.html I just ordered one, the reviews for it are pretty good, the price is great. A few years back I picked up the Samyang 8/3.5 for APS as a lark and once I added a hyperfocal scale to it I found myself using it far more regularly that I expected. I’ll let y’all know more once I get it, but if anyone else is looking to go that wide with their K-1, I thought I’d share the news. I’ve had rather mixed results stitching photos with the 15-30 at full wide. -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com

On Sun, Aug 07, 2022 at 12:07:29AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > I saw on facebook that B&H is selling the full frame, manual focus Irix Blackstone 11mm f/4 for $379 marked down from $649. Their firefly model is a bit less, but I felt the metal body worth the extra. I don???t know if the firefly also has the weather sealing. > > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325629-REG/irix_il_11bs_pk_11mm_blackstone_lens_for.html FYI - the price appears to have gone back up to $649. I have to admit that, based on the touting of having a "neutrino coating" on the lens elements, I'd have dismissed that manufacturer without a second thought. It will be interesting to see what you think of it.

> On Aug 7, 2022, at 9:10 AM, John Francis <johnf@panix.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 07, 2022 at 12:07:29AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> I saw on facebook that B&H is selling the full frame, manual focus Irix Blackstone 11mm f/4 for $379 marked down from $649. Their firefly model is a bit less, but I felt the metal body worth the extra. I don???t know if the firefly also has the weather sealing. >> >> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325629-REG/irix_il_11bs_pk_11mm_blackstone_lens_for.html > > FYI - the price appears to have gone back up to $649. > > I have to admit that, based on the touting of having a "neutrino coating" on > the lens elements, I'd have dismissed that manufacturer without a second thought. I think that like a lot of marketing terms it has as much to do with neutrinos as turbo-mode on a PC has to do with turbochargers. from https://irixlens.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Irix_Product_Catalog_Autumn_2018.pdf Neutrino coating formula Neutrino coating is a special formula, which is combined with several types of anti-reflective layers that provide perfect light trans- mission, high contrast and natural colors > It will be interesting to see what you think of it. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com