Super Ultra Wide Angle
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I got a cheap Minolta 7000 to shoot some film with my Sony lenses. Tried the Tamron 11-18mm lens today. Woah that's wide 
It went something like this:
1) Get close to church tower.
2) Look through viewfinder.
3) Get closer to church tower.
4) Look through viewfinder.
5) Get right up to church tower.
6) Look through viewfinder.
7) Lean against wall of church tower.
8) Look through viewfinder and give up because there's still too much in the picture other than the church tower
At 11mm and without the hood, the tips of the corners are dark but it's still useable - that's an equivalent of about 7mm on a crop body!
By 13mm there's almost no corner darkness.
And by 14mm there's no darkness at all, even with hood on!
Quite handy for photographing people standing right beside you without their knowledge
- although there may be slight distortion 
I'll post the pictures up when developed...
It went something like this:
1) Get close to church tower.
2) Look through viewfinder.
3) Get closer to church tower.
4) Look through viewfinder.
5) Get right up to church tower.
6) Look through viewfinder.
7) Lean against wall of church tower.
8) Look through viewfinder and give up because there's still too much in the picture other than the church tower
At 11mm and without the hood, the tips of the corners are dark but it's still useable - that's an equivalent of about 7mm on a crop body!
By 13mm there's almost no corner darkness.
And by 14mm there's no darkness at all, even with hood on!
Quite handy for photographing people standing right beside you without their knowledge
- although there may be slight distortion I'll post the pictures up when developed...
Edited by rasputin on Thursday 29th April 16:48
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