I don't see the problem if the stop-down metering is a bit out. Just look at the histogram and adjust the shutter speed or aperture.

The exif data for the lens on the other hand would be nice to have. The SR setting is the only clue to what lens was used. If you manage to work out how to get this data to show on the exif, Algi, that would be great!

It won't put me off using older lenses, though, which now make up the majority of my lens collection. A 135mm f3.5. 24mm f2.8, and 50mm f1.4, all good optically, for a combined total of less than 100 quid? It's a no-brainer as far as I am concerned. My 6 manual focus lenses cost me £100 less than the Sigma 10-20, and they are all very good lenses. Now if someone would publish ACR lens correction profiles for them, I would be very happy!

Finally got to the UK and picked the lens up from my mum in law! Thanks very much, Mike, it's in superb condition and I will put it to good use!
A few reviews refer to it as "The stack of primes", and from what I have seen so far, it lives up to the name!

Congrats Dr Orloff, two very well put together images. Conrats too to all the other entries, and thanks for the joint second place, JudithAnn, and for setting an interesting competition! Excellent judging and comments too! A shame there weren't more entries, let's hope with time this comp grows and becomes more popular..

100% crops, from the centres and edges, would be much more useful to show a comparison.

I want 24mm (or less) focal length. At the moment I carry loads of primes to work with me, a 24mm f2.8, a 50mm f1.4, sometimes a 90mm f2.8, and a 135mm f3.5, plus a Sigma 18-250 (which I am going to sell). I have now got 2 cameras (one IR), and can't keep lugging around so much stuff. I have just bought a 35-105mm lens for infrared, which I use in the daytime only, but want the fast zoom for both day and night shots on the K5. It's the night shots that need the wide aperture; they will all be at infinity so DOF is not relevant, though it will be nice to also have the option of shallow DOF when I want.

# 1 for me, though the wall looks slightly overcooked to me. I'd like to see that one with the dog walker fom the other shot...

Thanks for the suggestions, I really need 24mm at the wide end.....I will have a look at the Sigma 24-70mm. The 50-135mm is a bit large, so i will have to think about what to get for longer focal lengths, though the f2.8 is not so critical at the long end ie beyond 70mm.

Thanks, Mike, wishful thinking I guess! I'll have a look at something with less range.

I am looking for a fast, preferably A/F, zoom, f2.8 across the range, from 24mm to 135mm or so, and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations? I need it to be reasonably sharp wide open across the range, and very sharp stopped down. Does such a beast exist?

Very impressive for 16000 ISO, sure there's not one too many noughts there?

Nice shots, and the noise does not detract from them at all imo. Were these jpegs?