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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 168989" data-attributes="member: 12827">Well the weather at the beach cooperated for just long enough that I could get one image with the "new" 18mm f/3.5 AIS. The sun stayed behind the clouds pretty much, but even with that and a 4xND filter and stopping down to f/22, an effective aperture of f/45 I could only manage 1/4 sec which was really not enough because I  wanted to get the water to blur more. I plunked down the gear bag into the sand and straddled it and used it to support the camera. I left my 8x ND at home like a dummy and really did not want to stack a 2x and 4x ND together because it might degrade the IQ.  There will be plenty of other opportunities. I set the lens at the hyperfocal distance for f/22 and it was sharp from about 1 foot to ∞. The starfish was just over a foot from the camera. I tried all black and white but the starfish ($1.99 at Alvin's Island, a really cheap prop!) just didn't "pop" like I wanted it to so I just used spot color. So far I am very pleased with this lens! I am really impressed with the sharpness and its ability to keep straight lines straight. I see great things to come with this chunk of glass!<img src="http://www.scottmurphyphotography.org/starfishspotcolor1000.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>