Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread sky
Just got it off Fleabay. Is for my wife however :( Heavy bit of Glass. Very clean and smooth. James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! Ecke 2011/6/9 sky s...@eftel.net.au: Just got it off Fleabay. Is for my wife however :( Heavy bit of Glass.  Very clean and smooth. James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread sky
umm. I don't know. it doesn't have OS it is 70-200mm 1:2.8 II macro hsm if that helps. Is that good or bad James On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:35:49 +0200, Ecke PDML wrote: Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
if it says II it is the newer version which I guess is usually good =) I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... I am saving all my pennies for (amongst other unobtainium) a DA*60-250 so I haven't really been

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Boris Liberman
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... -- If I grok sigma letter soup rightly, EX means pro grade all the way through. Boris --

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
Great! short for EXcellent maybe =) 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... -- If I

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Thibouille
If I remember correctly as for the Sigma 70-200/2.8, here are the different modern versions: - 70-200/2.8 EX DG - 70-200/2.8 EX DG Macro II (a bit less good than the former) - 70-200/2.8 EX DG Macro HSM (which really wasn't HSM in its Pentax version but often refered as being HSM in shops) -