Fine then. Btw Ecke, did you get my 'Rats mail'? ;) 2010/9/3 eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com>: > Naah, the Pentax 18-250 is "good enough" by quite a tall margin given > its excessive range. My main concern was cost/risk balance and I > figured getting a new Spamron with a 5 year warranty for the price of > repairing a 32 months old out of warranty Pentax might not be a bad > trade if the Spamron was optically comparable. I'd happily give up 50 > mm for that and crop a little more. I have to buy something seriously > longer at some point anyway. > Cheers > Ecke > > 2010/9/3 Thibouille <pentaxl...@gmail.com>: >> Mmm what about newer Sigma 18-200 and 18-250 with IS built-in? >> Those are maybe better ? >> >> 2010/9/3 Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca>: >>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:46 AM, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> just checked, I can have my 18-250 repaired for EUR 122,57 or replace >>>> it with an Tamron or Sigma 18-200 for 160 - which would you do? Also >>>> can anyone comment on IQ differences if there are any? >>>> >>>> TIA Ecke >>> >>> Neither the Tamron nor the Sigma 18-200's are worth bothering with. If >>> you're going to replace the Pentax 18-250, get the Tamron 18-250, it's >>> the same lens. >>> >>> -Adam > > -- > 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. >
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