Hi, > Okay... question to all the lens gurus out there. I am > in need of a decent quality mid range zoom lens for > little league portraits. Therefore I need something > that can handle both team shots and indivuals. I had > been using my A 50 (or M 28 depending on space) for > the teams and a M 135 for individuals. With as many > teams as we shoot in a day this is a little > inconvienient. Optical quality is not extremely > important since we rarely enlarge even to 8x10, but > speed is since we are often shooting in less than > ideal conditions and the boss hates dark backgrounds. Maybe you want to invest in a second body, so that you can have one body with the 28 and one body with the 50? > Anyway, I found this lens on KEH for a reasonable > amount, and was wondering if anyone has had any > experience with this lens. The main thing I wonder is, > is it better than the new Sigma 28-105/2.8-4? While > awaiting my new flash (which broke the other day, > rememeber) I shot with my bosses N90s with this lens > (sigma) it seems like a decent lens but I'd like to > stay away from Sigma; however, the speed of this lens > is very attractive. Also the 35-135 macro could serve > me more purposes than simply little league portraits. > So please any comments you have as to my little dilema > are greatly appreciated. I have no experience with either lens. But I've heard horible things about the optical qualities of this particular Sigma lens. On the other hand, the quality of the F-zooms has been extremely high and their build also very solid. I think that you can get the Pentax zoom with confidence that it is the better lens. But think seriously about the idea with two cameras too. Cheers, Boz - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
