Me to had the non macro version. I lost a lot of stuff at sea. This lens is not among the things I miss. Mine was a poor performer in almost every meaning of the word. Probable sample variations.
Thenew macro version has a better reputation. -- MaritimTim 2009/2/18 Tomek Machnik <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Saw an ad on CL for a Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC SLD ELD Aspherical >> Macro Lens for Pentax and Samsung Digital SLR Cameras (581109) >> >> I don't remember seeing much mention of this lens in the "normal >> zoom" discusions. What's it like? > > I am using the older, non-macro on a DS (as in Dark Side). It's a > very good lens. Compact, light, sharp and behaving very well against > strong backlight. > The only thing I might miss is the HSM/whateversonic AF drive. > The newer, macro version is said to be even better glass-wise. > > But I might be just lucky with my sample - I also have first hand > experience with Sigma's inconsistent quality (recent example: the > 50-150/2.8 plus a long story with Sigma's useless, rude and > incompetent official dealer/importer/service center here in Poland ). > > tm -- 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.
