Just general wisdom, I haven't direct experience with either.
About the list, you have to view it as slow motion cocktail party chatter. Looking at it any other way will make
you crazy..
Tim Øsleby wrote:
I’m new to this group. Does not really know what’s going on here, except that I’ve noticed many of you are heavy writers producing several mails a day. Mails like:
bla
blab bla blabla
blab la bla
bla
I agree with ...
That’s interesting :-), specially for a new reader. Anyway – Concider this mail as an introduction.
I’ve just bought myself a second hand *ist DS at a fair prize. I’m the
happiest person on the planet right now (perhaps top ten). While I’m waiting
for it I am thinking about lenses. The kit-lens isn’t state of the art I’ve
been told. I have a few old one with K-mount, all manual. So I new normal
zoom is my first priority. I have been looking at Tamron/Sigma 17-35/2,8-4,
but they doesn’t seem perfect for my use. That leaves me with two
alternatives, the original 16-45/4 or Sigma 18-50/2,8 (in Norway this lens
has KA-mount).
I am a lowlight photographer (concert pictures, from first row). So the
speed of the Sigma is significant for me. But I’m still not quit sure what
the best choice. On the other hand, 16mm is a bit wider, that another
significant factor. I could go on like this.
So I wonder, what lens is best in general? Anyone on this list, who can help me on this? Who actually has tested/tried both lenses. Or anyone who knows some links to sites that has?
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A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
--Groucho Marx
