I'm looking for a new Walk-about Lens, trusty Sigma 28-200 given up the ghost, focus ring u/s, had it for about 10 years, options I see for a budget of about £450 are :-

Sigma 17-70 F2.8/F4
Sigma 24-70 F2.8

Pentax 16-45 F4
Pentax 17-70 F4

I liked the reach of the 200, but was the image quality affected by the range ? I do have the 100mm above range covered, but it's big and heavy, generally used for air show stuff.

General subjects are Landscapes, Portraits, Studio Work, Macro, Wildlife and Sports / Air Displays.

Your thoughts and comments on the 4 lenses above would be appreciated, see below for what I currently have.

Cheers

Had my cheapie ones as above for over 3 years, gets regular monthly use and still good, agree with modelling light brightness, but you can cater for that, just purchased another 3 from Link Delight, google them or go via fleabay,

Have done everything I've asked of them + been used for the Cheltenham Camera Club Studio Group sessions on a monthly basis.

Cheers

Thank you for the kind comments, We'll move down there at some time.

Agree with above, but could also have been Metz Flash not sync with K5, did you set sync speed manually ? batteries charged ? did you try with built in flash ?

Cheers

Sorry Gareth, GCHQ is closer to Cardiff than it is to London

Bump - any offers on the Sigi 2x Converter, otherwise it'll be fleabay.

Thanks Cuchulainn for a smooth transaction, was good to meet you this afternoon.

Sigma 10-20 sold to Cuchulainn, subject to payment.

Any takers on the Sigma 2X DG APO Tele Converter, I might take a reasonable offer

For Sale – Sigma 10-20 & 2X APO Teleconverter


For Sale – Sigma 10-20mm F4 -F5.6 EX DC

Boxed as New with case £250:00 inc Postage to UK Mainland.

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For Sale – Sigma 2X DG APO Tele Converter

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Sold to Mannesty, Thank you

Chris

A Pentax Ist'd in good condition ( Boxed ), perfect working order with front cap, original strap, USB Lead, slight scuff mark to rear screen, Plus DBG 1 ( Boxed ) in perfect working order, Plus 18-55mm Std Lens, with both caps & Hood in perfect working order ( Un-Boxed )Plus 6 x CRV3 batteries and 2 x 1GB CF Cards.

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