On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:54:16 -0700, John Celio wrote: >> Get the body only first of all, dont get it with one of those kit >> lenses, if you can. > >Seconded. Those Sigma lenses are junk. I played with a few at my last job, >and never liked 'em.
I am straying away from them too, allthough the EX 105 macro and the 70-200mm 2.8 never caused problems and deliver good images ... Quality control and differences between lenses seems to be a problem for Sigma. >If price is a concern, the Pentax DA 18-55 (aka the real kit lens for that >camera) is a very nice lens. I got one off ebay for US$90 and it's a nice >little lens for everyday use. Agree ... >You may want to take a look at Tamron's Di lenses. They're good, and >usually not too expensive. They've got some nice wide-to-tele zooms that >perform very well, such as the 18-200mm. Well, I got one of those last year, as 'one in all' travel lens. While the optical qualtity is not that bad (soft at the long end as expected) I am mainly dissapointed in the AF behaviour of the lens. On my *istD it has severe problems to get good focus and often just keeps hunting, or does not react at all! That may partly be because of the low contrast and f/6.3 aperture at the long end. (but the problems are at the wide end too). I have this lens for sale now (225 Euros :-) and got the Samsung 50-200mm instead (just 149 Euros) which does a lot better sofar (just got it this week). The Samsung does appear to have SMC coating BTW. No scientific tests, just judging from the glass reflections :-) Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
