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I can't comment on the Sigma but I did buy the Tammy 10-24 18 months ago!
I have hardly used it.
I bought a DA15 two weeks ago, it has not been off my camera since.
There is nothing wrong with the Tamron, it is sharp enough and gives the massive FOV that 10mm affords = all in all a fantastic wide zoom.
However it is big, plastic, and a zoom, so you can vary the composition by zooming in and out etc.
The DA15, is for me easier to use. I can point the camera and if I like what I see I can click. I can't zoom in and out and wonder which zoom setting is best to change the view I have to move my own a**. The prime reason I prefer my wide prime over my wide zoom is because it is a prime and it makes me think more and suits my style of photography!
Just last night.....
[IMG]http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/3398/large/1_15-.jpg[/IMG]
My advice - If you are thinking about the DA15 - Get it! If you don't you will always be casting a sideways glance at the DA15!
Any of the superwide zooms are great lenses, and at 8mm!, but what they are not is a Pentax DA 15mm f4 ED AL Limited.
After all that rambling - When I walked into SRS 18 months ago I could have saved myself the cost of the superwide zoom (which is now in a drawer) if I'd have just got he DA15 in the first place!
MZ
I have hardly used it.
I bought a DA15 two weeks ago, it has not been off my camera since.
There is nothing wrong with the Tamron, it is sharp enough and gives the massive FOV that 10mm affords = all in all a fantastic wide zoom.
However it is big, plastic, and a zoom, so you can vary the composition by zooming in and out etc.
The DA15, is for me easier to use. I can point the camera and if I like what I see I can click. I can't zoom in and out and wonder which zoom setting is best to change the view I have to move my own a**. The prime reason I prefer my wide prime over my wide zoom is because it is a prime and it makes me think more and suits my style of photography!
Just last night.....
[IMG]http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/3398/large/1_15-.jpg[/IMG]
My advice - If you are thinking about the DA15 - Get it! If you don't you will always be casting a sideways glance at the DA15!
Any of the superwide zooms are great lenses, and at 8mm!, but what they are not is a Pentax DA 15mm f4 ED AL Limited.
After all that rambling - When I walked into SRS 18 months ago I could have saved myself the cost of the superwide zoom (which is now in a drawer) if I'd have just got he DA15 in the first place!
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on Pentax DA15 or Sigma 8-16? at 19/02/2011 - 02:19
If you want to use a freeware studio then look no further than FastStone Image viewer.
link
I use it ato process PEF files from my K7 at work. It is pretty good for a freebie.
MZ
link
I use it ato process PEF files from my K7 at work. It is pretty good for a freebie.
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on So what *can* process K5 RAW files? at 14/02/2011 - 20:55
Having recently bought a DA15mm, and if I was thinking to replace my tammy 24mm, I would be considering the DA21mm.
A little wider and not as fast as 1.8 or even 2.5 (on the tammy) but for 50 quid more than the Sigma you'd have a lens you'd never question the value of.
MZ
A little wider and not as fast as 1.8 or even 2.5 (on the tammy) but for 50 quid more than the Sigma you'd have a lens you'd never question the value of.
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on 24mm, 28mm f1,8 experiences or alternatives please at 13/02/2011 - 23:48
Great link, thanks!
Now its out in the cold!
MZ
Now its out in the cold!
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on A link to a detailed guide to Night Photography - for City-Scapes or Land-Scapes at 13/02/2011 - 22:48
And on the way home from the park.
A Portrait.
[IMG]http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/3398/large/1_IMGP3519-Edit.jpg[/IMG]
So far I am happy with the results, and impressed by the handling of this little lens
MZ
A Portrait.
[IMG]http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/3398/large/1_IMGP3519-Edit.jpg[/IMG]
So far I am happy with the results, and impressed by the handling of this little lens
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on My Sweet Little Fifteen at 13/02/2011 - 21:31
Buying a prime lens will change the way that you use your camera.
And, from what I have read the bargain of the moment is the 35mm f2.4.
I have recently re-discovered prime lenses and with a single prime lens on your camera you will see the world through that lens and have to adjust your physical position to get your shot rather than trying to adjust your zoom to fit the the scene and, you are forced to think more about the composition.
I can cover 10-300mm in zooms but get most enjoyment using 15, 24 and 90mm primes.
I'd say buy the 35mm f2.4. I will when LBA once again strikes.
MZ
And, from what I have read the bargain of the moment is the 35mm f2.4.
I have recently re-discovered prime lenses and with a single prime lens on your camera you will see the world through that lens and have to adjust your physical position to get your shot rather than trying to adjust your zoom to fit the the scene and, you are forced to think more about the composition.
I can cover 10-300mm in zooms but get most enjoyment using 15, 24 and 90mm primes.
I'd say buy the 35mm f2.4. I will when LBA once again strikes.
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on Newbie lens advice please at 12/02/2011 - 01:35
Comment by ManixZero posted on My Sweet Little Fifteen at 12/02/2011 - 00:52
John,
That would be the obvious choice, and I will be doing that, probably all night!, however, I am also looking forward to seeing those that I have yet to take and those taken just recently and yet to be viewed...
such as....link
A new lens and a new monitor and I almost feel re-born!!
MZ
That would be the obvious choice, and I will be doing that, probably all night!, however, I am also looking forward to seeing those that I have yet to take and those taken just recently and yet to be viewed...
such as....link
A new lens and a new monitor and I almost feel re-born!!
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on Getting my eyes jet washed....... at 12/02/2011 - 00:11
Well not quite.
I have however been given a new PC with a Dell Ultrasharp monitor at work.
I have now looked at some of the photographs that I have produced on this monitor.
I had never before realised just how important a decent monitor is. Its obvious of course but low on the list of my priorities.
I have been using my little netbook acer for my photo development for years.
Tonight I have mugged my kids for their hi-ish specked HP laptop.
They are happy with the portability, ease of used access to facebot or whatever, and I am seeing the output from my K7 for the first time!
Not quite the Dell Ultrasharp (and I amd sure there are much better)
But
Win win all round for me.
and my eyes feel clean.
MZ
I have however been given a new PC with a Dell Ultrasharp monitor at work.
I have now looked at some of the photographs that I have produced on this monitor.
I had never before realised just how important a decent monitor is. Its obvious of course but low on the list of my priorities.
I have been using my little netbook acer for my photo development for years.
Tonight I have mugged my kids for their hi-ish specked HP laptop.
They are happy with the portability, ease of used access to facebot or whatever, and I am seeing the output from my K7 for the first time!
Not quite the Dell Ultrasharp (and I amd sure there are much better)
But
Win win all round for me.
and my eyes feel clean.
MZ
Comment by ManixZero posted on Getting my eyes jet washed....... at 11/02/2011 - 23:12
The original was taken using a Nikon FA + Tamron 24mm on HP5.
I have the original print but no scanner so cannot show it.
The retake images below are almost straight out of the camera and then processed to look more like the original.
[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Fifteen/15--2-2.jpg[/IMG]I like the fact that there is detail in the shadow areas.
[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Fifteen/15-.jpg[/IMG]But I do prefer the starkness that perhaps looks over processed in the digital age but more reflects the style from my film days.
What do others think??
Cheerz
MZ