You too would come to the same conclusion if you had one fall apart on your hands! (28-80 Sigma Zoom)
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "dick graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:28 AM Subject: Re: Pentax FA / Tamron vs Sigma 28-200's > Don't be so quick in condemning Sigma consumer grade lenses. Check out > Toni Lankerd's stuff on www.photocrituque.net , look under "list by > photographers" ,especially the third one down "ambience". Toni is a long > time PUG contributor and a field editor for the e magazine Nature > Photographer. She uses Pentax bodies and Sigma 28-80 and 28-135 consumer > grade lenses as her main stays, and she tells me she loves the glass. Both > of these lenses have had good lens test reports from Pop Photo. > > > DG > > At 12:33 PM 9/7/02 +1000, you wrote: > >The general feeling is that the original Tamron/Pentax were dogs. The later > >Tamron is much better. I know little about the Sigma other than I would > >never buy a Sigma consumer lens - which this is. > > > >Bob > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 12:26 PM > >Subject: Pentax FA / Tamron vs Sigma 28-200's > > > > > > > Hello out there in Pentax-Land. > > > > > > Does anyone have any experience with both of the following lens > > > designs, and (if so) could compare them - > > > > > > The Pentax FA / Tamron 28-200/3.8-5.6 (I understand that these are > > > the same lens) > > > > > > - versus - > > > > > > The Sigma 28-200/3.5-5.6 > > > > > > Yes, I understand that these "do-everything" (<g>) lenses are > > > chock-full of compromises, but nonetheless I am interested in their > > > comparative optical and build qualities. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Fred > > > > > > > >
