Hi John, I will have some bargaining power when I buy it. I'm also buying a K10D and a 12-24 Pentax lens. I wanted to find out about the Sigma offerings first before I tried any of that, but from the sounds of things they aren't good enough to worry about.
Tomorrow I will have time to hopefully put in orders for it all. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon John Coyle wrote: > 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
