I'll second the 28-70/2.8 EX ASP DF, I like it a lot on the ist-D. Better even than the Tamron 28-75.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Derby Chang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 6:04 AM > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Sigma and the Volkswagen effect > > > > I am going to eat my hat. In Australia, because of the distributor > arrangement, when one buys a Pentax camera and kit lens, more likely > than not, it will be a SIgma rather than Pentax. In my naïve yoof, I > bought my first two cameras with Sigma lenses (a DL 75-300mm/4 and a > DL-II 35-80/4) which left me less than impressed, and I never use them. > > But my recent experiences with Sigma lenses are making me reconsider. > The 28-70/2.8 EX ASP DF is an amazingly good buy and a fraction of the > cost of the other f2.8 zooms. > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index4/05_10_spring/index.htm > > The 20/1.8 EX ASP DG is sexy. Close focusing, the shallow DOF gives it > some unique creative possibilities. I love fast lenses and ambient light. > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index6/06_01_corban/15.htm > > My newly acquired 12-24/4.5 DG is in a class of its own. It's actually > full frame (as are the other two, and I must try it on a film camera > soon). Distortion is pretty minimal, and it only vignettes when you use > it on a uniform subject, but otherwise unnoticeable. The strange slip-on > mount for the cap (and Petteri Sulonen missed the point that it can also > be used to mount 82mm filters, although they can clip the corners at the > wide end) is a quirky design feature that I like a lot. Haven't had any > PDML-worthy pics with it yet, but I'm sure they will come soon. > > All three lenses feel great in manual focus - not buttery, but very > precise. And I don't want to over-emphasize it, but their prices are > hard to resist. > > Nice toys to play with while Nguyen ramps up production for the new > Pentax lens range. > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc >
