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Re: Peleng 8mm on a Nikon D50
Simon Maguire 2006-Aug-24 10:12:00
I have had no mirror problems with the Peleng on various Nikons but not the D50. It's a surprisingly sharp lens and sharper than the sigma but is best kept out of direct sunlight when lens flare can be a problem.
Hope this helps,
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Martin
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Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: Peleng 8mm on a Nikon D50
Sometime around 24/8/06 (at 08:45 +0000) rogerhyam said:
>Hi,
>
>I am thinking of buying a Peleng 8mm for my Nikon D50. I have heard of
>mirror collision problems with Nikons. I could live with not focusing
>to infinity as I am likely to always use it on f8 + anyhow but does
>anyone actually have practical experience of this combination?
Erm.. nope. But I did consider this for a while and did a fair amount
of research. If it is at all possible to stretch your budget this far
you would get *much* better optical results with the Nikon 10.5mm
lens, and if you really want an 8mm lens (for making spherical panos
with as few shots as possible) then the Sigma is widely considered to
be optically better than the Peleng, too.
But again, this seems to be a matter of degree. If your budget
dictates that you just can't fork out that much money then don't
worry about it from that point!
Anyone here with first-hand Peleng 8mm experience want to butt in?
Any comments about the mirror collision issue? I know this was
something that concerned me a lot when I was considering that lens.
k
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