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I have a squadron of bee-eaters fly over my house every day at around 6'ish. Loads of 'em. The Ryanair taxi service gets you from Luton or Gatwick to here in about 2.5 Hrs + 1 Hr drive.

No kingfishers though.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Kingfishers and bee-eaters where? at 30/05/2012 - 16:26

I've started a separate topic about my locking up problem here so I'll not repeat it here.

Suffice it to say that the issue I had was the first time I've had any significannt problem with the camera, and I was using a third party battery at the time.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax woes, tell us about yours. at 28/05/2012 - 07:12

I think your Wren shot is a bit ambitious as the original is rather small. The Grebe shot could be improved with PP though i think.

Comment by Mannesty posted on RAW Conversion with 150-500. at 26/05/2012 - 08:15

Interesting all the same Mat. Thanks.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 23/05/2012 - 21:55

I would agree that Sigma's older lenses are of a lower general quality than just about any Pentax branded lens. The modern Sigma's on the other hand are very well made and I have both the 180mm Macro and 150-500mm EX DG OS HSM lens. I'm well happy with both and would never be able to describe them as either cheap, or nasty.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 23/05/2012 - 16:50

Thanks for the link Gary, but the OS version isn't listed, which is the one I'm interested in.

Interesting site though, thanks again.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 23/05/2012 - 16:43

Mike-P wrote:

beakynet wrote:
I think they made the DA* 60-250 instead!

The 60-250mm is a superb lens (and it will probably be the last lens I get rid of) but at the end of the day it's not that fast focusing and f4

That's why I'm considering the Sigma 70-200. I have the 60-250 and I doubt that there are many lenses of any make that come close to it's IQ in good light.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 23/05/2012 - 15:57

Thanks for the comments so far guys, but does anybody have any comments that actually relate to my request for users experiences of this particular lens?.

I'm not interested in comments about any other lenses.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 23/05/2012 - 15:49

I'm considering buying this lens and would appreciate any comments, positive and negative, from anybody having experience of it.

I'm particularly interested in its control of CA and how it performs wide open at the 200mm end.

Thanks.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 23/05/2012 - 13:50

I sold my original FA100mm 1:2.8 macro and regretted it almost immediately, so I got another at the first opportunity, even though I already had a D-FA version. I use both, the FA simply because I love using it. I use the D-FA when I also need the ring flash.

The one lens I seriously regret selling, and now can't afford to replace it, was my FA135mm. At least it found a good home with a forum member.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Changing Thoughts on Lenses at 23/05/2012 - 12:30

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