> According to www.photodo.com the Sigma is even better than the original - > the SMC FA 2.8/80-200mm. Aledgedly the best 70-200mm available for > Pentax??? I doubt this is the truth, since the Sigma (here) costs only > 1/3 of the original Pentax lens.
Sometimes a 3rd-party lens can be better in some ways, but the Sigma would have to be one heck of a lens to be better than the FA* 80-200/2.8. But, it may indeed be quite good - I am not suggesting otherwise - and certainly there are people here who do like the lens. Fred

