I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-10 Thread John A. Hufnagel
After nearly 10 years of using Sigma lenses I'm actually becoming disillusioned. Here's the email they sent back... Dear Mr. Hufnagel, Thank you very much for your E-mail. First of all, we regret very much that our customer had such a trouble with the Sigma lens. We have no experience such iss

RE: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-09 Thread Kent Gittings
riday, November 09, 2001 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma At 06:11 AM 11/9/01 -0600, John Mustarde wrote: >But now Sigma reports they have discontinued production of that lens - >because they sell many more of their 135-400 and other long

Re: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-09 Thread Mark Cassino
At 06:11 AM 11/9/01 -0600, John Mustarde wrote: >But now Sigma reports they have discontinued production of that lens - >because they sell many more of their 135-400 and other long zooms than >the autofocus APO 400/5.6 Macro. I noticed this recently. The upshot is that there are now no third pa

Re: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-09 Thread John Mustarde
I had the Sigma 400/5.6 APO Macro in Pentax AF. Optically, it was a first-rate lens in every respect. The build quality was good also. I returned it within the 30-day return period because it didn't report the proper aperture when used on a Super Program, and I was afraid there would be further pr

RE: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-09 Thread Alan Chan
>And some of them are more reliable to offset their lesser >expandability. Perhaps, but my Compaq Presario has given me nothing but hxxx over the years. Not to mention they chose to include the slowest HD and stupid software modem. It wasn't even the cheap model by the time it was bought. And

RE: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-08 Thread Alan Chan
>The only time it pays to buy a name brand computer is if you are a total >non-techie and haven't a clue what one end of a screwdriver is. Generally >what you get in a name brand is a little fuzzy security blanket without >knowing that since your computer can't be upgraded very much or at all you

Re: I'm becoming disillusioned with Sigma

2001-11-08 Thread Mark Cassino
I missed the first part of this discussion. I have a couple of Sigma's- the EX 50mm f2.8 macro and 14mm f3.5 - and they work fine. No compatibility problems at all. I finally broke down and ordered the Sigma 70 - 200 f.28 as well, but have not recieved it yet. If anything, I've had more com