Hi Michael, my 60-250 is rather slow in the autofocus department as is my 50-135.

They do however take fantastic pictures, for motorsports it would be a case of pre focusing on a partuicular spot / corner until the car came into shot. Although I have not used them for action shots as I prefer my sigmas.

I would find both of them hard work for football, if you wanted to extend your range from the excellent Sigma 50-150 then there is either the Sigma 70-200 or one of the longer sigmas, and at the SRS price the 150-500 is an excellent buy. Simons pictures with the 150-500 are excellent.

I don't have the Pentax DA*200 or DA*300 which I believe are a bit faster to focus but may restrict you too much, unless you had 2 cameras and had your 50-150 on one.

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George

Great set.

+1

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George

Pleased to hear it got there today (Saturday), Royal Mail have done well there!

Pleasure dealing with you as well, enjoy the TC.

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George

Its still with Sigma with my K5 awaiting a part. When I spoke to sigma they said words to the effect that the K5 autofocus drive shaft is shorter than that of the K10 (which they have) and presumably my K7 and GX20 which the lens still worked on. Should get it back in a couple of weeks. Simon, you may want to try yours on a K7 or earlier model.

It did initially work fine on my K5 until the K5 froze when shooting AFC and I had to to take the battery out.

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George

I wish I knew you were after one Andrew. I only realised this after I saw the thread where you'd bought one.

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George

Payment received, all packed and ready to post tomorrow.

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George

Sold pending payment.

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George

Tamron 1.4x teleconverter for sale. Tested with a HSM Sigma 50-150mm f2.8, SDM Pentax DA* 60-250mm, SDM Pentax DA* 50-135 and screw drive Sigma 70-200 f2.8. Excellent condition, no box but will be packed very well.

£175 inc UK postage, payment by cheque or bank transfer .. will be sent upon clearance of payment.

Selling as I've not been using it since getting a Sigma 150-500.

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George

Since getting the 16-50 DA* nearly a year ago this lens has not had much use so it may as well go for sale.

Excellent condition, owned since new, boxed, F4 throughout range and close focusing.

Looking for £160 inc UK RMSD. Payment by cheque or bank transfer, lens sent upon clearence of funds.

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George

Pleasure to meet you Emma, enjoy the lens.

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George