Brian asked:
>I notice that Robert Monaghan speaks fairly highly of
>Samyang / Phoenix wide angle zooms.
>
>Who in this group can comment to me on their experience with
>them?
Brian
A few weeks ago I shot a couple of rolls of Kodachrome 64 and Fuji
Provia 100F in the old Oakland Cemetery near downtown Atlanta.
(For anyone living in the area who hasn't been there, it's worth a
visit.) Anyway, I shot some both with the 21/2 Zuiko and the
19~35/3.5-4.5 Phoenix, sometimes almost identical shots, since I
was using two OM-4Ti bodies.
When I got the slides back, I had a hard time telling which ones
were shot with which lens. It took close scrutiny with a 10X
loupe and some head scratching to decide on most. Considering that
there's about a $900 difference in the retail price of these two
lenses, I think the Phoenix zoom is well worth the money.
It both feels and looks cheap and plasticky, and I doubt it will
stand up to hard, day-in, day-out use, but if you can live with
that, and the slow speed, my guess is you'll be pleased. It's
certainly not going to replace my 21, 28 and 35 primes, though.
Walt Wayman
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