Hi Pentaxers, Having read replies and been directed to various websites with reviews of the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX APO zoom, I've decided to take the plunge and get one, replacing my ageing-but-still-very-capable Tokina AT-X 80-200. Thanks to Ryan, Tiger, Brian, Steve, and Pentax Clover for the info. Here's a few relevant websites: URLS for sigma 70-200 2.8 EX reviews: http://www.photographyreview.com/reviews/35mm_zoom_lenses/product_4739.asp http://camerahacker.tripod.com/Sigma_70_200/ http://www.naturephotographers.net/mg0600-1.html http://www.pictchallenge.com/diabolpif/Testlf.html The last one is in French, and mine is fairly rough, but it's worth a look, merci Pentax Clover. (Alors, pourquoi 'Clover'??) And to prices! This is the disheartening bit. Here in the UK, prices vary from steep to crazy. Cheapest I could find is about 650 UKP, which is Ouch++ for me. Most expensive was about 800 UKP which is Spasm-, and ridiculous. As usual, the North Americans have it pretty good. Cheapest I saw there was 699 USD plus NY state tax at Gemini <http://www.geminiphoto.com/> but most others were another fifty bucks or so higher than that, blowing the socks off UK prices. I didn't check out Canada or Australia or anywhere else - because I'm fortunate to have a friend in New York who will be popping into B + H next week to pick me one up. This 'enabling' business travels faster than Foot and Mouth! It's still a large investment, but I've weighed up cost vs. need (as usual it cost too much and I don't need it but that's never stopped me in the past). I'll hopefully get back a couple of hundred quid from the Tokina which will be in AP soon. My friend will be visiting in a month, so I'll update with impressions then. Meanwhile, MX and drive, Delta 400 and Tokina 28-70 and myself are going into the operating theatre on Thursday - I'm hoping to get some pics of a brain surgeon at work. I might ask if he can whip out my 'enabling cortex' while I'm there - thank the stars for Visa. Cheerio, Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
