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Re: Sigma 8mm / Hyperfocal
Romuald/hd 2004-Nov-24 15:09:00
Landis,
Have you tried another piece of this lens ? It is very strange you can't have
better results with it. May be you've got the worse in the serie.
Romuald
> Those were shot at f/11 (supposedly the sharpest
> f-stop for the lens), with focus being just shy
> of infinity.
>
> I have tried the hyperfocal method previously and
> gotten blurry images. I've tried halving that
> (ie shooting at f/16 and setting infinity at f/8)
> and I still get blurriness in the distance. I
> don't have any problems with this approach with
> the Nikkor 10.5 FE, so I chalked this up to just
> being the way of the Sigma 8.
>
> I'm sure I'll continue to play with the Sigma 8
> and use it in places for handhelds (like the
> parade), but I'm really happy with 6 shots around
> on the Nikkor 10.5.
>
> -Landis
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