Rather an obvious photograph, but I always think of Christmas as being sparkly lights.

I don't feel qualified to comment, having only owned the lens for a few hours.

Perhaps Niblue or other forum members who have owned the lens for a longer time could comment.

Bear in mind that both photographs were taken as JPEG's and have not been tweaked in any way.

I sometimes think that a lot of photographs that we see have started off with all sorts of defects that have all been removed by PS before they are posted.

It is the Pentax DA 10-17 (fisheye).

There has been much debate on the forum recently about wide angle lenses and like you I was interested to see the results achieved by other people with various lenses.

I liked the idea of the Pentax 12-24 but it is expensive and 2/3rds of its range is covered by the DA* 16-50.

In the end I like the creative opportunities offered by the fisheye.

The two photographs illustrate the two extremes of the lens.

The first one is taken at 10mm and the second one at 17mm.

I like the extreme curviness of the wall in the first one (the lens was effectively sitting on top of the wall) but the second photograph is more "normal".

I am looking forward to when your 10-17 gets an airing

My new lens arrived a day early, so I thought that I would try it out on the way to the shops.

Both pictures are JPEGs as they came out of the camera.

Nothing photographic at Christmas but a surprise bonus allowed me to order a DA 10-17 fisheye and a Metz 58 - AF1 flashgun today from Chris @ SRS.

Hopefully they will arrive on Monday and both can get an outing in the evening.

I was looking for the instruction booklet for my old Pentax flashgun and came across a Pentax brochure titled " Lenses and Accessories" dating from 1987.

The range of lenses is awesome - everything from 15mm wide angle, 15mm fish-eye, a parallax correcting 28mm through dozens and dozens of primes and zooms upto 2000mm super telephotos

I have for sale a Pentax AF 280T flashgun complete with original case and instruction book.

All in immaculate condition apart from the instruction book which is slightly tatty due to Pentax economising and only using one staple rather than two to hold the pages together.

I really like the photograph, although I am not sure about "only slight distortion properties" given that the church appears to be suffering from serious subsidence

There has been much discussion on the Sigma 10-20, the Pentax 10-17 and the Pentax 12-24 on the forum recently.

I have just ordered the 10-17 and like John Riley will be disappointed if there is no distortion because that is what I am hoping will lead to some creative possibilities.

Glad to see that the weather is so much better in Cornwall. I took the camera out with me on Boxing Day but never used it

They took great little photographs.

Mine was mostly used with slide film.

It now languishes in the back of my camera drawer.