Thanks, Bipin and JC Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, I have the Tamron 75-300 LD and it is rather soft at the 200 to > 300mm end. I intend selling it off. Try and get the Sigma APO 70-300 $ > 160 used at KEH EX+ grade, which is better. I have taken test shots > from my neighbor's lens and it is far better than the Tamron. The > Pentax SMC DAL 50-200 is the better of the lot. If at any time you > plan on a FF body then the Pentax SMC F 80-200mm would come in handy. > For this reason I have avoided buying DA lenses. > Until and unless you make clear your genre of photography, any advice > will be very limited. Example I am into > travel/street/cityscapes/general event/architectural photography, so > the Sigma 10-20 is the most useful lens, especially on my very recent > trip to Europe - monumental and huge buildings, churches, towers and > spires in narrow squares and streets. I intend buying the FF Tamron > 24-70 f2.8 to replace the Kit lens. And Dan, I am not getting any > younger - failing eyesight, shaky hands - so AF lenses are a must. I > do have the Tamron AF 28-200, Tamron AF 75-300mm and a Sigma 600/f8 > mirror, but hardly use them 6% of the time. > Regards. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. > > -- > 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.
