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 > > > >
