Thanks Ryan, I will be using it on the ist D. Was yours the EX or the EX DG?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 EX Aspherical DF vs 28-70 F2.8 Tokina > ATX Pro > > > Hi Don, > > Just a word of caution, if you're planning to mate this lens with > an ist D, > don't. After my personal experience with it, and heck of a lot of > probing, I > more or less confirmed that Pentax and Sigma Japan are currently resolving > an autofocus issue concerning the Sigma EX 28-70 2.8 DF and the ist D. > > However, if you're planning to use this with a film body (I've > used it on a > 5n and an mz50), I'll vouch that it is a beautiful lens, great > build, warm, > contrasty glass, useful lens shade too. Plenty sharp at 2.8, but > between 5.6 > to 11 it's up there with the best of them. > > Here's a gallery of some shots which I only recently had time to > update. All > with the 28-70 2.8 and a 5n, except for 'Builders', 'Donna & Mel' > and 'Pete > & Christine' which were manually focused on an ist D. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=309526 > > Cheers, > Ryan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:29 AM > Subject: Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 EX Aspherical DF vs 28-70 F2.8 Tokina ATX Pro > > > > Now that I have decided that I need a short fast zoom I need a > little help > > deciding which one. > > The Sigma is less than half the price of the Tokina, but how is the > quality? > > I've not heard anything bad about the EX series lenses but I'd like to > hear > > from someone that has used one. > > > > TIA > > Don > > > > > >
