Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG Macro HSM for Pentax is announced

2007-02-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
Pentaximaging.com in their Hot News section links to http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm/hurl/id|3606 announcing this lens to appear soon. This announcement is consistent with a brief two-liner on http://sigmaphoto.com/ I wonder if it was the new HSM design that was holding release of this

Re: Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG Macro HSM for Pentax is announced

2007-02-10 Thread Joseph Tainter
Igor posted: Pentaximaging.com in their Hot News section links to http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm/hurl/id|3606 announcing this lens to appear soon. This announcement is consistent with a brief two-liner on http://sigmaphoto.com/ I wonder if it was the new HSM design that was holding

Re: Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG Macro HSM for Pentax is announced

2007-02-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sat Feb 10 15:26:25 EST 2007 Joseph Tainter wrote: I figured that once Sigma got their hands on a K10D, there would be HSM lenses forthcoming for Pentax mount. But I would stay away from this lens. It is not nearly as sharp at 200 mm as is Sigma's older non-macro, non-HSM version, which