I have the Pentax version of this lens. As far as I know they are almost identical. It is my all purpose lens.
It is pretty good from 18-100, except from some rather heavy distortion in the widest end. >From 100-150 and up it is a rather mediocre performer. But it is a lot better than not having tele when you need it. It handles ok, except from slow focus at the long end, and the zoom creeping is rather annoying when unlocked. Build is ok to, except from a weak lens hood. All in all, I recomend it, if you think you can live with the weak sides. I can. The fact is that I am rather fond of it. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/2/23 Subash <pdml.l...@gmail.com>: > hi, > > for my bicycle ride in the himalayas this summer, i need to keep the > things i take to a bare essential minimum. as for the camera gear, > since i can't afford to take multiple lenses, i was thinking of > getting the sigma 17-70 (older version). but after a month of trying, > it's just not available here and it doesnt' look as if the situation > is going to change. what *is* available is the tamron 18-250. it looks > like a very convenient travel lens but i would like to hear the > opinion of people here who have used it before buying it. so, > appreciate and welcome your inputs. > > regards, subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
