To Dan Boardman,
I found the info on the samyang 18-28mm lense I told you I'd send when I
came across it. The Pop Photo review was done in Feb.1992 not just a couple
years ago like I had thought. It was on the third party lense megasite.
There is a partial review on the lense copied below,and thats all of it
you'll find of it on the meggasite. For further info on this and other wide
angles, see the adress below. To tell you the truth if I had read this
review before I bought the lense I might have gone for one of the others.
Those sqf tests disapoint some of us novice photographers. The words [highly
rated] don't appear here like they do in the Cameta Camera ad. Perhaps
they're mentioned in the full Pop Photo article. Nevertheless,it does take
some great and sharp pictures and is a lot of fun to use.
Hope this helps
J.S.
third party lense megasite
http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/bronwide.html
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from the site
date: 7 Aug 1998
From: Upper East Side Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]
Subject: Samyang 18-28mm
Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.35mm
From: "Red Rover" Red_Rover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Samyang 18-28mm
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:11:33 -0700
Not a fast lens, but still very affordable for a zoom in this range. Anyone
have this lens? Comments?
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I have this lens, and have been very pleased with it. It is not as sharp, of
course, as single focual length lenses or comparable zooms from major
manufacturers.
There was a review of this lens in the February 1992 issue of Popular
Photography, which stated that:
"Hands on: Somewhat longish physical length and large front-lens elements
reflect remarkable zoom focal-length range. Well finished in bright black.
All markings large and highly legible.
No infrared focus marking or depth-of-field scale. Rubberized and highly
grippable zoom and focusing rings turn smoothly. Metal ribbed aperture ring
of good size.
"In the lab: SQF data indicates performance as average at 18mm and
24mmsettings but below average at all [other] focal lengths.
"In the field: Test slides were generally well exposed with good contrast
but with noticeable edge and corner light falloff from maximum aperture to
f/8 at 18mm, f9 1/2 at 24mm, and f/11 at 28mm. Flare was very well
controlled throughout.
"Conclusion: Extreme wide-angle but relatively compact zooms are among the
most difficult lenses to design and manufacture. Obviously, sacrifices such
as in maximum aperture light falloff, field curvature, and SQF results at
18mm are trade-offs for the high convenience of the focal-length selection
available."
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From: wvl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bill Lawlor)
Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Subject: Re: Samyang 18-28mm
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998
I had this lens in Canon FD mount. I carried it around Europe in 1996 and
got quite acceptable 11X14 B&W prints when stopped down to 16. I used Delta
400 film. I paid about $170 mail order.
Bill Lawlor
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Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 10:06:30 -0800
From: Dan Boardman <doberman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Anybody Used any of these Lenses or know anything about?
Phoenix 100mm-500mmf5.6(OM)(Highly Rated)(Boxed/New/U.S.A. Warranty)$339
Samyang 18mm-28mmf4.0(OM) (Highly Rated) (Boxed/New/U.S.A. Warranty)
$149
Sun 38mm-90mmf3.5(F3.5 Throughout) Macro(OM)(Mint-) $25
No they aren't the beloved Zuikos.....but for the money does anybody
know if they are decent or not. The 100-500 sounds real interesting. No
nothing beats the Zuikos but the money is a killer!
any comments or thoughts welcomeDan Boardman
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