Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-13 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Thursday, May 13, 2004, 1:39:36 AM, Herb wrote: HC it was announced at PMA. did they finally get it up on their web site? Well, DPREVIEW is in its NEWS section merely a press release dissemination service. So probably just now got Sigma around to put out a press release. Fra

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-13 Thread Cotty
Thursday, May 13, 2004, 1:39:36 AM, Herb wrote: HC it was announced at PMA. did they finally get it up on their web site? Well, DPREVIEW is in its NEWS section merely a press release dissemination service. So probably just now got Sigma around to put out a press release. Fra Strange, because

RE: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread Shawn K.
Thats a strange focal length. Nice that its a cosntant 2.8 though, could be good. -Shawn -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 9:39 AM To: pentax list Subject: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom New Sigma zoom - 24-60mm f/2.8 announced:

RE: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Shawn K. wrote: Thats a strange focal length. Nice that its a cosntant 2.8 though, could be good. 24-60mm is probably what they could acheive while keeping the lens small. It isn't a bad focal length, 35mm equivelent wide angle is pretty useful for most situations. I

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 5/12/04 5:26 PM, alex wetmore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone still needs to make a 40-160/4 lens to pair up with the 16-45/4 so that only 2 lenses can be carried to cover a wide range of useful focal lengths. I would prefere something like 65-200/4 to obtain 100-300/4 equiv. -

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread alex wetmore
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: on 5/12/04 5:26 PM, alex wetmore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone still needs to make a 40-160/4 lens to pair up with the 16-45/4 so that only 2 lenses can be carried to cover a wide range of useful focal lengths. I would prefere something

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Wednesday, May 12, 2004, 4:17:42 PM, Shawn wrote: SK Thats a strange focal length. Nice that its a cosntant 2.8 though, could be SK good. translated into roughly 2.8/35-90, it would be ideal for portraits or concerts. My 70-200 fast zoom is too long for most, and other glass is too wide. I will

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Wednesday, May 12, 2004, 5:54:04 PM, Sylwester wrote: SP on 5/12/04 5:26 PM, alex wetmore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone still needs to make a 40-160/4 lens to pair up with the 16-45/4 so that only 2 lenses can be carried to cover a wide range of useful focal lengths. SP I would prefere

Re: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom

2004-05-12 Thread Herb Chong
it was announced at PMA. did they finally get it up on their web site? Herb - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: OT - Sigma announce new 2.8 zoom New Sigma zoom - 24-60mm f/2.8