Hi Jens I had the 135-400 for a while and was quite dissappointed with it, I went back to using the 300/4 APO with 1.4 EX TC and 70-200/2.8. Apparently the new 120-400 HSM is much better, but after seeing samples from one being sold for £400 on Ebay, I resigned myself to sticking with DA*300/4 amd Tamron 1.4 TC I'd love to find a Sigma 400/5.6 APO at a reasonable cost though to get the full benefit of SR, however recently I'xe come to the conclusion thet there's no substitute for fast shutter speeds when shooting wildlife and sports.
Regards, John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jens [[email protected]] Sent: 27 June 2009 08:24 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: New lens - 300mm or 400mm - Sigma 135-400mm APO Hello list I was recently recommended, by some og you great guys, buying af Pentax 300mm F4 lens. I decided the cost was too high (considering how litle use this lens would get). So, I got a used Sigma 135-400mm APO lens. I have made som test shots, an I must say I'm not thrilled. Not very sharp, but still much better than my old Tokina 500mm mirror lens. But the Sigma cannot compete at all with neither the M* 4/300mm or the FA* 2.8 80-200mm. But I wanted auto focus and 300mm or more. I will, however do some more test at very short shutter speeds - to see if that helps. Perhaps 1/2000 secs. Regards Jens -- 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. -- 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.
