I'm glad that works for you. My experience with Sigma was not positive, I need weather sealing, and I could never part with the. 60-250, best lens I've ever owned.
Paul via phone > On Jan 4, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
