You know nothing about on what I based my comments. I did my own research on BBB website and talked to some other photographers I know that had less than stellar things to report about dealings with MPB. BBB had MPB at only 1.3 out of 5.0 rating with many poor reports.

I am also the administrator and moderator of a few Facebook Photography groups that are outside the UHH community, and I reached out to some of those members about their experiences with MPB. Many had good experiences, but others had poor experiences. Just the facts that are irrefutable by you or anyone else in UHH, sorry.

I do my research and I am about verifiable facts, not fiction, or emotion here.. You are getting all in a huff about MPB. MPB doesn't need you to defend them. As I said before in my comments, I believe all UHH commenters on their good and bad experiences with MPB.

MPB will do just fine without my business and I never asked anyone here in UHH to follow my decision to pass on them. Continue to report your good experiences and continue to use them and be happy. I personally will pass on them after doing my research. I have better options for my gear purchases.

I linked some of the BBB reports on them. Did you even look at those?

Cheers and best to you.

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Yes. They can be edited in any editor but with reduced latitude.

The key is how close to the desired image your jpg can be produced by your camera. If extreme editing is required, raw is better. However as camera jpgs get better that situation will occur less frequently.

I shoot raw because it's insurance against those infrequent occurrences. And since Lightroom is my organizing system, everything goes into it, so it doesn't matter whether it's raw or jpg. I choose raw for the above reason. It doesn't cost me anything.

I've had my eye on this lens for a while as I love what you can do with the unique perspective you can get with ultra-wide lenses.

I used to shoot with a Sigma 15-30mm zoom on my F100 pretty much exclusively at 15mm. That particular lens had a pretty noisy AF and I eventually sold it.

Of course this lens is manual focus although they do have an autofocus version available for about 75% more money. I don't see the manual focus being much of a disadvantage as a 14mm lens will have an incredible depth of field.

MPB prices have come down for this lens to $179 for excellent condition for the one with the AE chip for Nikon. Without the chip you can get one for less, but the chipped version makes for an easier shooting experience.

They currently have one available.