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Cheap Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Wide Angle AF Lens & Filters & Close-Up Macro Set & 9 Year Warranty for Pentax SLR Discount Review Shop

Overall was a great value for the package kit. A few of the macro lenses were knicked up, but the wide angle lens is quite a nice addition for my pentax k20d.

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Cheap Opteka Wireless Radio Remote Release for Sony Alpha DSLR A700, A350, A300, A200, A100 SLR Digital Cameras Discount Review Shop

Opteka continues to offer quality third party products for most major camera manufacturers. I purchased this product for my Sony Alpha 100 as the Sony proprietary products are simply not within my financial grasp. I knew that going into the Sony purchase but has researched Opteka and found they offer similar products that were achieving solid reviews as alternate substitutes.

The price on this product was comparable to most third party providers. Their reputation is what sold me though and I have not been disappointed yet.

This product works great and the freedom to get out from behind the camera to capture my shot is worth every penny I paid for this little baby.
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Cheap Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX DG RF Aspherical Wide Angle Lens for Sigma SLR Cameras Discount Review Shop

I had been using a Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 and loved the ability to shoot in low light. However, the -M lenses are manual focus and manual aperture, and I was getting too many out-of-focus shots that I regretted missing (I’m taking a lot of baby shots lately). So I decided to get a full-auto fast prime, and I was looking at this and it’s 24mm and 28mm cousins.

The lens works beautifully. It’s a tank and feels well-built. Not as tight as an all-metal lens, but solid nonetheless. If you note, the 20mm doesn’t have a macro mode – the 24mm and 28mm do. Really, it focuses very close without any problems, but at this focal length it’s kind of silly to be thinking ‘macro photography’ anyway.

The 30mm effective focal length is a tad wide even for indoor close-quarters shots. If I had to decide again, I’d probably opt for the 24mm or possibly even the 28mm – the effective focal lengths would be a little more practical for my purposes. However, if you want to take in a lot of scenery and need a fast lens, this fits the bill without venturing into the fisheye territory.

Optically, I was disappointed at first, because I was getting soft pictures when it’s wide open, even when on a tripod. But then I did a focus test and found my camera was back-focusing. I have a K10D, so you have to do some trickery to adjust the focus (search online and you can find out how), but afterward, I’m getting acceptably sharp images.

And, for the record, my camera says the aperture opens to f/1.7 – not that I’m complaining.

I give it just 4 stars, though, because when compared with my Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 when they’re both wide-open, the old 50mm is noticeably sharper. From what I’ve heard, you have to spend the cash for one of the Pentax limited lenses to get the same quality in an auto focus lens as with their old -M and -A glass. So, for about half the price of a limited lens, you’re getting a good deal.
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