Thanks Alan, I guess I'll strick to Pentax, then.
Regards, Łukasz =================================== www.fotopolis.pl [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================== internetowy magazyn o fotografii ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:06 AM Subject: Re: Sigma 24/2.8 Super Wide II > >Anybody has this lens? How good/bad is it? I'm tempted by the 24 mm, but > >I'm not sure about the quality. How is the manual focus? I'm thinking > >about buying either this Sigma or a FA 28/2.8 AL. Is the Pentax lens > >significantly better? > > I had these Sigma 24mm and 28mm few years back, both manual focus. > Optically, both are great imho. However, both suffers from flare problem and > substandard mechanical design, particularly the aperture ring assembly. The > 24mm even had worse rubber, aperture ring material and electrical contacts > (all 3 wore noticably faster than the even older 28/2.8). The satin finish > was a joke and the 10 years old shiny surface is better. Both hoods were > useless to guard again flare, although they were well made. I don't know > much about the FA28/2.8AL. But if you can afford the extra, either go for > the FA*24/2 (which I am very happy with) or A24/2.8. > > regards, > Alan Chan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > --------------r-e-k-l-a-m-a----------------- OnetPoczta: duża, szybka, bezpieczna! http://poczta.onet.pl/oferta/