I bought this from Amazon recently. Since putting my old one (now sold) up for sale, I started to think I might keep the new one, but despite how good it is, I very rarely used the old one, so I need to be strong - and the Bigma still needs paying for

So here it is - I haven't taken it out of the box yet, so it's as 'as new' as it gets.

Before sending it, I'll check that it works Ok, and if it goes wrong before the warranty expires (12.12.12) I'll do what I can to sort it out with Amazon.

£245, including everything that comes new in the box, and delivery by RMSD. Bank transfer please, for payment. More than happy to consider offers.

Pictures to follow.

Lens now delivered (according to RMSD tracking) to Chiron.

Has anyone actually dealt with this company?

There are quite a few scam sites around, all looking superficially convincing.

Edit: this ePhotozine link is interesting.

And this one.

I just about scrape into the category of 'experience of both', in that a couple of years back, I spent a while in SRS deciding between the 18-250 and 10-20, so it doesn't strike me as an odd question to be asking.

Of course they do different jobs, so it's more about evaluating the two requirements, not so much the lenses that meet them.

All I can say is that although I was impressed with the 'walkaboutability' of the 18-250, I was even more impressed by the UWA, and I bought the 10-20.

Occasionally over time I've found myself wishing I had a 18-250.

But those occasions pale into insignificance compared with the times I've been really glad I have the 10-20.

No wonder they all bit my arm off at £190

Not quite the same. Similar, but not the same.


The fact is, any dSLR that's been on the market within the last 5 years, possibly more, is capable of producing good images in general. Much more relevant is the combination of controls, settings, sensor, features, etc, that allows a particular photographer to get the results (s)he wants.

For the OP, of course, these details are likely to be far less relevant (and much more difficult to evaluate) than the price, and there's no doubt, that a K-r would be fantastic value for money, and more than capable of everything he needs for some time.

The clincher is the in-body Shake Reduction really - it allows for inexpensive experimentation with all kinds of easily resellable second-hand lenses, with no need for lens-based image stabilisation.

That's a lot of learning, for a very modest investment. Worrying about performance at the extremes of what cameras can do can come later.

Is anyone suggesting this?

And menu items. Don't forget the menu items.

Still getting these intermittent focusing problems with the Bigma

... now, I have a memory, or at least I imagine that I do... that there was a thread on here a few months back that discussed something similar.

I may be completely making this up, but if there's something that will stop me having to send it back...

Can anyone remember a post about something simple that someone managed to do, that cured AF problems with one of the big Sigma zooms?

(I've tried searching, both here and on Google, but no joy).

No need to feel daft. If you had a significant sample of views, you could disregard the highest and lowest, and go for something in the middle.

But at the end of the day, it's just as easy to search the completed listings, and offer 85% of an average you calculate.

The risk is that you won't get enough answers for the result to be meaningful - most people would have to do exactly the same search that you'd need to do, unless they happen to already have bought or sold something similar.

At the end of the day, is it the end of the world if you end up feeling you might have got it for a few quid less?