[Piotr]

very good lens. I use it when I visit interesting places. Good results using CPL and half grey.










more here Pentax SMC DA 12-24mm f4.0 Photo Gallery by Piotr Sobolewski at pbase.com

[m8o]

wonderful array of places you've taken the 12-24 to Piotr!

[m8o]

Any 12-24mm owner miss 10-12mm?

I'm thinking about Sigma 10-20, Pentax 12-24 and upcoming Tamron 10-24mm.

This post is going back a bit but something should be mentioned. [and I see that you got the lens and have put it to good use ) It's important to keep in mind the 12-24/4 is a rectilinear while the lenses that go to 10m are fisheyes... very different characteristics.

[heliphoto]

This post is going back a bit but something should be mentioned. [and I see that you got the lens and have put it to good use ) It's important to keep in mind the 12-24/4 is a rectilinear while the lenses that go to 10m are fisheyes... very different characteristics.

I'm pretty certain the Sigma 10-20 is rectilinear and that the future tamron will be as well. As such the Sigma has a significantly narrower FOV at 10mm than the Fisheye pentax does. I've seen a comparison around of the same scene with these two lenses (10-17mm FE / Sigma 10-20) I'll see if I can find it...

[m8o]

I'm pretty certain the Sigma 10-20 is rectilinear and that the future tamron will be as well. As such the Sigma has a significantly narrower FOV at 10mm than the Fisheye pentax does. I've seen a comparison around of the same scene with these two lenses (10-17mm FE / Sigma 10-20) I'll see if I can find it...

?? Really ?? I'd looked @ so many wide angles on Sigma's website a few weeks back that were all fisheyes [primes I guess] I'd just lumped their zoom in with them. 1000 pardons in that case.

[SpecialK]

The Sigma is rectal :-) People buy it instead of the fisheye because they don't want "fisheye", or don't want to spend the extra on the Pentax 12-24.

[heliphoto]

I've seen a comparison around of the same scene with these two lenses (10-17mm FE / Sigma 10-20) I'll see if I can find it...

Well, I found the bookmark, but the pbase account's been closed. The Wayback Machine has an archive of the page, but with no photos - there still a discussion of the 10-20 vs the 10-17, but the photos were very informative.

[ivoire]

Having owned both, the 12-24mm is the IQ winner. I'm not missing the xtra 2mm at the front and the add'l 4mm at the rear is nice. Build quality is about the same.

[legacyb4]

Wow, I was looking for samples of the 12-24 and boy, did I ever get an eyeful. Thanks all for the wonderful shots posted. Now I remember what I was missing about my Canon 17-40 F4!

Thought I might have been happy with the DA 21mm, looking at the 12mm extreme wide shots, I don't think I'm as interested as before. Simply hard to beat that super wide look and feel.

[jsherman999]

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St Paul:




Just stick the camera out the car window at 70mph!



And in traffic:



12mm, followed by 24mm:









City Canyons in the cold early evening...

[SpecialK]

Pasadena City hall at 12mm. Not sure why the image is so small. It was 800+ pixels...

[weaponx525]

Here is one pic of mine with the DA 12-24mm while on vacation:

[benjikan]

A couple more

[vitalsax]

Don't change your tec bro!

[art2d2]

Ubin island @ Singapore