Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-12 Thread John Whittingham
produce the 180 f3.5 EX Macro. Any comments/opinion appreciated. John -- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:17:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering? Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were

Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-12 Thread John Whittingham
produce the 180 f3.5 EX Macro. Any comments/opinion appreciated. John -- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:17:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering? Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-12 Thread Mark Roberts
John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Sigma 1.4 EX works very well with the Sigma 300 f/4 APO, all this discussion has got me wondering..has anyone tried the 1.4 with the Sigma 105 EX Macro? Sigma does not recommend this combination on their site but I'm wondering if this

Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-12 Thread John Whittingham
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 06:59:49 -0400 Subject: Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering? John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Sigma 1.4 EX works very well with the Sigma 300 f/4 APO, all this discussion has got me wondering..has anyone tried the 1.4

RE: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-11 Thread Rob Brigham
There were several versions (at least 2 anyway) - the EX ones are pretty good, but before that less so. You need to check that the rear element of your lens will not crash into the front element of the convertor as it stands proud of the housing. Sigma have a compatibility table on their website

Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were several versions (at least 2 anyway) - the EX ones are pretty good, but before that less so. You need to check that the rear element of your lens will not crash into the front element of the convertor as it stands proud of the housing. Sigma have

Re: Sigma AF 1.4X worth considering?

2004-10-11 Thread Herb Chong
the latest ones seem pretty good, better than the Kenko or Tamron ones in Pentax mount anyway. they will work on MF lenses as they support AF by having a passthrough for the drive shaft used by Pentax AF lenses. as pointed out elsewhere, the frontmost element is very far forward and can interfere