for foveon lovers d15 shipping in uk

[LCT]

Thank you Jim. How about 21mm to 50mm lenses? I need a special focus screen with the 5D for instance. Is it the same with the Sigma?

 

[Kofronj]

For me, manual focusing with the 50 mm and 24-70 mm (as well as the 10-20 mm) were all fine. But as I mentioned, I have 20-12 vision so I see changes against the focus screen pretty well.

 

[LCT]

Thank you Jim.

 

[smokysun]

seriously considering one, if i can contemplate carrying a dslr. just bought another lense i'd been wanting on ebay.

PENTAX SCREW MOUNT 85-210MM F1:4.5 TELE ZOOM LENS

it's a helios lens. made in russia. cost including mailing from the uk: $57.00. i'm a sucker for these lenses that go for so little. can use it on my canons and fuji and on the sd15, if...

wayne
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ps. the adapter for the sigma will cost you about $6 from hong kong via ebay.

pss. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. for canon i need a confirmation adapter. however for the fuji no confirmation connector needed, the little green dot lights up when it's in focus. will it do the same for the sd15? I've several m42 to sigma adapters, but none of them have the confirmation connectors. the confirmation light makes manual focusing a snap.

 

[LCT]

Better avoid cheap adapters with heavy lenses FWIW

 

[raywest]

The Sigma recommended price for the USA is considerably less than for the UK.

 

[smokysun]

thanks, lct, for the tip. i'll heed it.

wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp

 

[raywest]

Hi Kofroni,

My favorite software doesn't support the x3f raw (Lightzone), and I've had a bunch of discussions with the guys over there and it's simply a market decision as well as a resource issue (it's a very different processing pipeline than a CFA sensor).

Maybe you need to speak with Dave Coffin. Afaik, lightzone and many others rely on dcraw.

Best wishes,

Ray

 

[Kofronj]

Hi Kofroni,



Maybe you need to speak with Dave Coffin. Afaik, lightzone and many others rely on dcraw.

Best wishes,

Ray

Hi Ray,

Lightzone only depends on DCRAW to read the file, it doesn't use Dave's code to do the demosaicing. And that's where the problem lies.

I also have to take back my comment about SPP 4.1 being less crash prone. I've had a crash-fest session with it a few nights ago.

Jim

 

[smokysun]

jim,
is there a 4.1. i checked online. i've never had 4.0 crash on pc since it came out.
wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp

 

[Kofronj]

jim,
is there a 4.1. i checked online. i've never had 4.0 crash on pc since it came out.
wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp

No, it's a beta.

It's good you're not having issues. It's seeming to cause problems for both 64-bit pc's and macs. I do like it (4.0) because it's quite a bit faster.

 

[smokysun]

thanks. mine's a 64 pc. on the sd15, did the focus confirmation light work with your adapter? that makes manual focusing a breeze.

wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp

 

[Kofronj]

Hi Wayne,

I've never used my adapter on the SD15 (or on the SD14 for that matter). I've never bothered to get into the alt-lenses.

 

[smokysun]

thanks, jim. i can't help trying everything.

wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp

 

[smokysun]

here's the sd15 users' group:

http://www.pbase.com/sigmadslr/the_sigma_sd15_users_gallery

so far i don't see the dp nature. they seem more ordinary.

wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp