Here are some other shots taken with it: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/angels_0350.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/angels_0472a.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/athletics_0235a.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5058.htm - Manual focus http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4635a.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4644a.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/sfzoo_0248.htm - Manual focus http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/sfzoo_0288a.htm - Manual focus http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/giants_0112d.htm - Manual focus http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/redsox_0302.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/dodgers_0078.htm -AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/redsox_0317.htm - AF http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/norcalpdml_sf_140a.htm - AF with Sigma 1.4 EX converter
The optical quality is quite good - AF is normal for me - I've not noticed any issues to speak of - it has been used with an *istD and K10D. As far as ruggedness goes, after the first year, a screw came loose inside the zooming mechanism. It had to be sent in for repair. I have used it for 3 seasons of little league baseball action shooting. The lens has been used for more shots than all my other lenses combined - somewhere near 30,000 frames. So it has been pretty good. At the time I purchased it and even today, there is not another choice in this range. I needed something with very good optical quality that could reach out to at least 300mm and be constant at least to F4. So I am happy with it and will continue to use it until it finally dies. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 1:13:46 PM, you wrote: BJ> Bruce, BJ> Looking at your baseball photo, I am impressed by the quality of the BJ> Sigma lens. I had heard rumours about flaky AF performance of this lens BJ> with Pentax DSLRs...have you had any problems? I have used the 70-200mm BJ> EX with absolutely no problems and am intrigued by this lens. BJ> Thanks, BJ> James Burris BJ> New member -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
