Paul my mainstay lenses are now all Sigma, 10-20/3.5, 17-50/2.8, 70-200/2.8 and 50/1.4, they are all fast and quiet using HSM focusing, they are very well built and have excellent image quality. Notably they are all far better value than their equivalent Pentax counterparts though none offer weather sealing (which is a non-issue for me). I still have 4 Limited lenses but apart from my 35/2.8LTD macro they only find their way into my kit for very specific purposes. I would like the Pentax 60-250/4 but I can't justify the price given its comparatively slow speed.
On 5 January 2014 09:16, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Attila, you have to realize that this Sigma has nothing on the market to >> compare it to. DA* 16-50 is a different lens. It has WR, it is wider and >> longer as far as zoom range goes, while Sigma boasts tremendous image >> quality and the USB dock so that you could play with your copy to your heart >> liking. >> >> I'm not buying Sigma and I'm not re-buying DA* 16-50. But I very much would >> like Pentax to do something rather unlimited and produce a lens that will >> compete with Sigma in IQ dept face to face. > > Have you compared teh Sigma and the 16-50? The latter, when properly > assembled, has very good image quality. > > Paul >> >> On 1/3/2014 3:27 PM, Attila Boros wrote: >>> Seems like Sigma is putting out some nice lenses lately. But this is >>> bigger and heavier than the DA* 16-50mm, and has a smaller zoom range. >>> Would like to see some comparison between the two lenses. >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Also the lens of the year is sigma 18-35/1.8... >>>> >>>> Sent with AquaMail for Android >>>> http://www.aqua-mail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On January 3, 2014 4:55:31 AM Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/02/best-gear-of-2013-the-results-are-in/11 >>>>> >>>>> The Pentax K-3 was an early front-runner in this poll, and blazed >>>>> through to a convincing victory, garnering an impressive 31.4% of >>>>> the total vote. Strangely, stablemates the K-50 and K-500 got almost >>>>> no love, but the capable, innovative K-3 was your pick for best >>>>> DSLR/SLT of 2013 by a landslide. Which probably means we should get >>>>> going with our full review, right? We'll get right on it. >>>>> -- >>>>> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >>>>> http://rule6.info/ >>>>> <*> <*> <*> >>>>> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
