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[quote name='Bryan Conner' timestamp='1306862293' post='8966']

thanks for the suggestion PoPo. But, I think that the best use of my money now is to apply it towards a full frame body in the near future.



Yes Markus, it is almost blasphemy. I wonder if Sigma thought Zeiss had a facility there and they could spy...or did Zeiss say "there goes the neighborhood" and move?

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3 relatively affordable alternatives (full frame and wide angle prime):



- Voigtlander 20mm f3.5 SL II. Very compact, very nicely built. Manual focus. Very nice little lens for the money, on APS-C. Still nice on FF, within its limits.

http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaen...pyj95.html



- Tamron 17mm f3.5, Tokina 17mm f3.5. Both are out of production, On the whole the Tokina is a little better (and offers AF). The Tokina will still be nice on FF due to very low barrel distortion, compared to for instance the Canon EF 17-40mm f4 L USM.



- Samyang 14mm f2.8. Very high barrel distortion, but also very high resolution and very low CA! Gem of a lens, but manual focus only.