Naah, the Pentax 18-250 is "good enough" by quite a tall margin given its excessive range. My main concern was cost/risk balance and I figured getting a new Spamron with a 5 year warranty for the price of repairing a 32 months old out of warranty Pentax might not be a bad trade if the Spamron was optically comparable. I'd happily give up 50 mm for that and crop a little more. I have to buy something seriously longer at some point anyway. Cheers Ecke
2010/9/3 Thibouille <[email protected]>: > Mmm what about newer Sigma 18-200 and 18-250 with IS built-in? > Those are maybe better ? > > 2010/9/3 Adam Maas <[email protected]>: >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:46 AM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> just checked, I can have my 18-250 repaired for EUR 122,57 or replace >>> it with an Tamron or Sigma 18-200 for 160 - which would you do? Also >>> can anyone comment on IQ differences if there are any? >>> >>> TIA Ecke >> >> Neither the Tamron nor the Sigma 18-200's are worth bothering with. If >> you're going to replace the Pentax 18-250, get the Tamron 18-250, it's >> the same lens. >> >> -Adam -- 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.
