Hi all Well, another week and I managed to get some stuff done. I borrowed a Sigma 70-200 F2.8 zoom for a week. It was raining for most of the time I could use it, so I only managed to run a few rolls of film through it. The results I have got back so far are quite impressive. I was surprised with the weight of it. I was expecting it to be comparable with the Sigma 180/ F3.5 Macro, or maybe a bit heavier. It felt a lot lighter though. That may be my imagination, I dunno. I was nicely impressed with the way that the 70-200, 300/4 and 180/3.5 macro all use the same size tripod collar. If you owned all three lenses you only need carry one tripod collar. The 70-200 range is one that I am not happy with. I find it is either too long or too short for what I want to do. I was tossing up whether to try and find a 200/2.8, but I think I'd be better off getting either a 20, 35 or 500mm lens. Any of them would get more use that something around the 200mm range. When I dropped the 70-200 back I had a look at the new Sigma 20/1.8. Very impressive, overall. It has less noticeable distortion looking through the viewfinder, compared to my F28/2.8. One thing I did notice was that focusing on an object 5 metres away had a distance of about 1.x metres on the distance scale. It was still well short of the infinity mark, which surprised me somewhat, especially as the distance scale goes ... 1m infinity. I also had a look at the 14mm Sigma rectilinear lens. That was extremely impressive. I could focus on a phone across the room, and almost see the numbers on the dial, it was so clear. I don't think I could justify the expense of the 14mm lens, but the 20 isn't too badly priced. Maybe I'll buy it as my birthday present at the end of the year. That's enough shit for one day. have a great weekend, whatever is left of it. 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 .
