Leon, why not insist on getting the Pentax lens, perhaps the 18-55 kit lens, which has had reasonably good reports here? CRK should be made to realize that, in at least one person's view (me!), the Sigma lens offering is inferior!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leon Altoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: Thoughs on lenses for K100D > Hello everyone, > > I promised my daughter at the beginning if the year that if she did > really well in her photography class that I would buy her a digital > SLR. I talked to her photography teacher today and she says that my > daughter is the best in her year. So looks like I'm buying a K100D for > her. > > The question is what lenses to get with it. In Australia it comes with > either a Sigma 18-50, Sigma 18-125 or Sigma 18-50 and 55-200. The first > question is how good are these lenses? I have the 55-200 so I know how > good it is. What are others experiences with these lenses?. > > I also have a few lenses that I don't use much that I can pass down to > her that are of better quality. These include FA50/1.4 FA20-35/f4 and a > Sigma 105/f2.8 EX macro. > > I'm thinking of a kit with the 18-125 as a general use lens, FA50/f1.4 > for portraits and low light and Sigma 105/f2.8 EX macro for close up and > quality longer shots. Any opinions? > > My daughter is currently using an old P30 and various consumer lenses in > her class and will probably keep using these for film work while at > school (she's not getting my MZ-S). > > All comments appreciated. > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
