Congrats on the acquisition, Rob! I will also be looking forward to your impressions.
For those looking for image samples (on the mounts made available earlier) there are a couple of dedicated Groups on Flickr that have about 7000 images between them (and also relevant discussions): Image Pools: https://www.flickr.com/groups/2236148@N24/ and https://www.flickr.com/groups/sigma18-35mm/ Discussions: https://www.flickr.com/groups/2236148@N24/discuss/ and https://www.flickr.com/groups/sigma18-35mm/discuss/ On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow that is a biggie! > Looking forward to your field test report. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> Well the now not so new Sigma Art series 18-35/1.8 lens is now finally >> available in K-mount, I picked mine up today first shipment into my >> local pushers this morning, I've played a little, it damn nice wide >> open and its build quality is superb. It's a bit big though, only >> slightly smaller than the DA*50-135 in stature so it has displaced my >> Samyang 8/3.5 and DA 35/2.8 Macro from my go-to kit for the moment. >> >> I have three shows to shoot before Sunday so it will get a good >> work-out in place of my Sigma 17-50/2.8, conditions permitting. I will >> report back on performance, particularly AF speed and lock wide open. >> >> Size comparison: >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ybuc4gc4b0bejkk/AACi53mrqBwt172NjDbv9t9_a >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) >> Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours >> Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio >> >> -- >> 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.
