In that case I am glad that my last major bout of LBA led me to the 12-24 then, as I would be very unhappy with that degree of barrel distortion. How does it compare to the 16-45 or the 17-70?

Best wishes, Kris.

I do not have any experience with this lens but barrel distortion that bad is quite surprising. I know it can be corrected in PP, but all the same that isn't good. I'd be interested in what others have to say as I am contemplating up-grading my kit lens and given what I normally shoot, this would be a major problem for me.

Best wishes, Kris.

Perhaps they are fed up with people buying superb Takumar glass on ebay rather than shelling out hundreds for their latest offerings?

I'm off out now... to play with my Taks

K.

Weekend bump.

Many thanks, and well done to all. I was rather surprised and the fact that it was taken on film using my "K" 135mm made me smile too. I am looking forward to seeing the magazine.

K.

I wonder if it has much impact on IQ?

Pug ugly lens though.

K.

You won't regret it. Lovely lens. K.

Most AF lenses require you to turn them onto manual (either on the body or on the lens) before manually focusing otherwise you are forcing the focusing motor around which isn't good for it. Quick-shift focus lenses means you can just adjust the focus without having to turn the camera/lens to manual.

It works best if you have disabled the focus on the shutter button and just use the AF button. For macro, for example, you can then push the AF button to get the image largely in focus then fine tune manually.

Cheers, Kris.

If you're ever selling any S-M-C or SMC Taks, do let me know! (SMCs because I use them on my ES and need the extra bits on the mount.)

K.