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From: "Fred"
Subject: Re: Temporarily enabled with 2.8/70-200mm
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.
Photodo was pretty much discredited regarding testing Pentax lenses several
years ago when they started giving low scores to lenses known to be best in
class performers.
William Robb
