On 8/7/2010 6:18 PM, gldnbearz wrote:
If you think that the build is plasticky, it's pretty much the same as the FA 28-105/3.2-4.5. They are roughly the same length when fully extended (and slightly wobbly), with the 24-90 being just a bit larger in circumference.
It occurs to me that perchance these lenses were introduced when Pentax was in the direst straights ever. So they made their usual brilliant work on optics but cut everything that they could cut in mechanics, and even beyond that...
Out of three lenses (Tamron 28-75, Sigma 24-60 and Pentax 24-90) I favor Pentax the most (given of course the same apertures starting and including F5.6). But both Sigma and Tamron are good samples, Tamron being excellent so that I am keeping all three of them.
And surely I thank you wholeheartedly for the smooth transaction you and I had...
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