I no sooner made mention of this lens than one popped up at an affordable
price of $60 this morning. It has a Nikon mount, which is readily usable on
Olympus 4/3 cameras such as the E-500 series.
Before pursuing this lens, I read a number of online reviews and they were
invariably positive, and this one has a good number of sample photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ebanator/sets/72157630037507284/
I have used a couple of wide-angle zooms that go down to 24mm, but I
wanted something even wider so I can explore the limits and be able to take
better wide-angle photos in narrow situations such as canyons and meadows. I
have been impressed with the optical quality of the Samyang lenses I have
(28-200/4.0-5.6 and 100-500/5.6-7.1), and based on those experiences plus the
reviews and blogs this one looked like a marginally better choice than the
Vivitar 17-28/4.0-5.6.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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