Hi all My friendly distributor of all things Pentax (and Sigma) has been kind enough to let me play with a Sigma 70-200 EX F2.8 zoom for a few days. He is a nice chap. <waves at John if he's reading> I ran off a roll of TMAX 100 at lunchtime, using it as a portrait lens. I did shoot a couple of other photographs with it, landscapes and candids of people having barbecues down by the river near work. I was going off to the trots tonight, so I thought that's be an interesting place to try it out. I think I got off about three frames with it. I'm used to using my 300/4 or A50 + AF1.7x TC for the harness racing at Gloucester Park. Those two cover most things I want to shoot. The 70-200 should have slotted in quite nicely, giving me the bottom end, the top end, and something I don't normally bother with, something in the middle. I found I was spending too much time zooming, and consequently missing the shot I wanted. It looks like I'll have to practice some more tomorrow. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how it performs. Oh, I almost forgot. The Sigma 180/3.5 macro, the 70-200/2.8 EX and 300/4 APO all use the same diameter tripod collar thingy. This is a good thing [tm], because if you own two or more of these lenses you only need to carry around one tripod collar. Cheers Jon Relax! Take life as it comes, you can't chase the sun, you can't race the wind - 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 .
