The one Sigma lens I haven't been too happy with is the Bigma (50-500).
I just haven't been able to get really sharp photos with it at 500, and
I've got the rest of the range from 10-300 well covered, so 500 was all
I really wanted it for.
The Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 I bought came back from repair & so far so good.
On 2/8/2014 4:13 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
The Sigma fast wide angle for APSc users to covet would be the Sigma
18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM, I haven't had the opportunity to use one yet
(wrong mount) but in the hand and build wise I have never seen
anything as fine from Pentax.
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/sigma-18-35-1-8
On 9 February 2014 02:09, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote:
Hi Darren,
Unlike some PDMLers, I don't have hate toward Sigma lenses. I haven't had
too many, but in my most recent experience, I've used 24/1.8, purchased
from a kind fellow PDMLer (who kindly allowed me to testdrive it before
making the decision).
I wanted it for being a fast wide-angle lens, and used it for two purposes:
1. some low-light photos of musicians and dancers:
e.g. http://42graphy.org/swing/rachel-jan2011/
2. photographs of my child: a) when I needed a short distance (so that I
can be close) and when I didn't want to use the flash (and I imposed a ban
on flash photographs in the first month).
Since most of the time, I was using it wide open, or maybe closed down
just a step (to 2.0), I was not using it at its sharpest.
I was satisfied with its performance but not overly impressed.
In contrast, in the past month, I used FA-31/1.8 for some low light
shooting, and it performs much better when wide open. In particular,
the rendering of colors is much more interesting, although not as
spectacular as that of the 77/1.8.
I think even FA 35/2.0 performs somewhat (probably just slightly) better
wide open than Sigma 24/1.8 even at 2.0.
I think (and I was warned about it by th previous lens owner) Sigma 24/1.8
performs much better from about f/2.4-2.8.
Igor
Fri Feb 7 23:25:30 EST 2014
Darren Addy wrote:
Straightening up my workshop this weekend I saw these three boxes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/12376451995/
and was struck by the sudden epiphany that virtually ALL of my
favorite images were produced with one of these three lenses. As a
Pentax DSLR owner I have, admittedly, not owned any of the proverbial
"really good" Pentax AF glass but I am more than pleased with these
three lenses. Only the 28mm f1.8 was purchased new (for $399 from a
retailer selling on eBay). The 10-20mm was found on Craigslist for
$350 and the Bigma was purchased from a PDML-er who was switching to
Nikon & NEX. All 3 are superb performers, IMHO.
With the proviso that owner satisfaction is better with the 28mm f1.8
than its wider focal length siblings, I can heartily recommend the
Sigma EX series to my Pentax-shooting brethren.
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