I have the Sigma Lens 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM, it's pretty good but maybe a bit too short on the long end for you, are you looking to shoot on FF or a cropped body so are you lokking at an equivalent FOV?
On 9 September 2013 12:33, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been shooting a bit of film latelyand have been using the FA 28-105 > f4-5.6 zoom as my everyday lens. This past week I was really chaffing under > this lens - it was just too slow, the rotating front element was at times a > PITA, it is heavy (thanks to the power zoom motor etc), and looking at the > image results, it is rather soft around the edges when shot wide open (which > I do more often that I'd like because it is so slow!) Granted, I was > shooting IR film and using a #29 deep red filter most of the time (-3 stops) > but this made me wonder about alternatives.... > > Looking at Pentax Forums lens ratings, I was surprised to see that the two > zooms I have (the 28-105 and the FA 28-70 f4 AL) are near the top of the > pack for the "consumer" zooms and altually very close to the the FA* 28-70 > f2.8... I would rate the lenses I have as very good in terms of optical > quality, but falling short of really first rate quality. > > Can anyone suggest any top-quality 3rd party lenses in the 28 - 100 range > that I should take a look at? I am hoping for somehitng that is faster than > what I have (either f4 constant or f.35-f4.5), 24/28 mm - 90/100 mm, > non-rotating front element of very good optical quality (on par with the > lenses I have.) > > I won't go on from there ... > > Any suggestions? > > Mark > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
