Any new budget lenses out there?

6BQ5 · 06-11-2015, 01:46 PM

Originally posted by ChopperCharles

Well what about Tamron, Sigma, and the rest?

Rokinon/Samyang would be interesting if they had autofocus, but are pretty much useless without it.

Charles.

Not for distant objects or landscapes with their UWA lenses. The DoF is almost infinite on those things. Their portrait lenses aren't made for action shots so you have plenty of time to focus.

ChopperCharles · 06-16-2015, 11:44 AM

Any manual focus lens is useless to me. I cannot manually focus to save my life. I barely get by with the fisheye on the Q. Anything else is impossible, even with focus peaking.

On a film body, I have no trouble focusing that Samyang 85mm f/1.4. But My K-01, K-30, and K-x? Not a chance. If it's not autofocus, I'm not interested.

Charles.

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06-11-2015, 01:46 PM	#16
6BQ5 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nevada, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,348	Originally posted by ChopperCharles Well what about Tamron, Sigma, and the rest? Rokinon/Samyang would be interesting if they had autofocus, but are pretty much useless without it. Charles. Not for distant objects or landscapes with their UWA lenses. The DoF is almost infinite on those things. Their portrait lenses aren't made for action shots so you have plenty of time to focus.

06-16-2015, 11:44 AM	#17
ChopperCharles Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Durham, nc Photos: Albums Posts: 957 Original Poster	Any manual focus lens is useless to me. I cannot manually focus to save my life. I barely get by with the fisheye on the Q. Anything else is impossible, even with focus peaking. On a film body, I have no trouble focusing that Samyang 85mm f/1.4. But My K-01, K-30, and K-x? Not a chance. If it's not autofocus, I'm not interested. Charles.