WTSell: Lens - Pentax F 17 - 28 mm / f 3.5 - 4.5

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Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS)

Equipment Type: Lens
Equipment Brand: Pentax
Equipment Model: F 17 - 28 mm / f 3.5 - 4.5
Price (S$): 425
Description:
Selling this full frame fisheye lens, as I do not use this much. The optics are Mint, like new, and the body i would rate a 10, with very light user marks.

This lens is made in Japan, and I have been very impressed by the optics. Usually for fisheye lenses the emphasis is on the distortion effect and not the sharpness, but I've always been amazed by the IQ of this lens. Its already sharp wide open, and when stopped down the resolution is excellent. Nice colour rendition too.

Rare and hard to find - great piece to have esp. if you use film as well as digital
Works perfectly fine on digital bodies, but the fish eye effect is lessened. It is more of a wide angle lens than a fisheye on dslrs, and the distortion can be corrected by pp. Or you can retain it for the effect. At 28mm, the distortion effect on APS - C is minimised.

Real Name: Junlong
Contact Number: 94768121

Condition of Item (as per guidelines): 10
Warranty Status: nil

Package/Accessories/Extras:
front and rear lens caps, box

 

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Would like to emphasize again that this is a fisheye lens for full frame. On digital sensors the fisheye effect is lessened, but still visible. At 28mm, with clever composition, the distortion effect can be hidden.

 

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This one on film - the curved borders are from a red filter i held over the lens to increase the contrast of the sky

This one on film too

This one on digital, 17mm

 

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Shots of the lens:

 

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reserved!

 

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sold to a nice gentleman.