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Comment by maxofrome posted on DA* 60-250 for sports at 27/07/2009 - 09:55
Unlocker wrote:
Shot a football match a few weeks ago with the K20 and Sigma 100-300 F4, focussing was fast and accurate.
Shot the Hollyoaks charity football match yesterday with the K-7 and DA* 60-250 and wish I hadn't. In comparison to the K20 / Sigma combo it was crap, took way longer to focus and got nowhere near the results I was expecting and had got used to.
Tomorrow I will be calling Chris at SRS to take my Sigma off the shelf because I want it back. I want to enjoy myself the next time I get a chance to shoot a football match.
Very interesting. On same lensa we have a wide range of feedback. I Think the 60-250 is a good but tricky lens and there are on the market other choice.Shot a football match a few weeks ago with the K20 and Sigma 100-300 F4, focussing was fast and accurate.
Shot the Hollyoaks charity football match yesterday with the K-7 and DA* 60-250 and wish I hadn't. In comparison to the K20 / Sigma combo it was crap, took way longer to focus and got nowhere near the results I was expecting and had got used to.
Tomorrow I will be calling Chris at SRS to take my Sigma off the shelf because I want it back. I want to enjoy myself the next time I get a chance to shoot a football match.
Comment by maxofrome posted on DA* 60-250 for sports at 27/07/2009 - 08:17
A bit out of budget
Comment by maxofrome posted on DA* 60-250 for sports at 26/07/2009 - 21:36
Dear Lemmy and Anvh thanks for the quick reply. I will give another chance to the 60-250 and I hope to lend for a while the 70-200 2.8 from SIGMA, for some test and then I will decide how spend my money.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
Comment by maxofrome posted on DA* 60-250 for sports at 26/07/2009 - 20:23
Dear Pentax User. I am new on that forum and I post my 1st question after long discussione on DA* 60-250 with my Pentax friend in Italy.
I'm caming back from the World Championship of Swimming here in Rome, and I shot several picture with my K20D and the DA* 60-250 lent to me.
I find very hard to shoot good picture with that lens because to obtain the right shooting speed (lower then 1/1000) being the lens an f/4 I had to increase the ISO reaching often 800 ISO . What I obtain is picture with high noise.
Now I suppose is my fault and that lens is great for other purpose but not for sports.
I desire this lens and I would like to know if any of you is using it for shooting sports activities and it is satisfied.
Thanks.
I'm caming back from the World Championship of Swimming here in Rome, and I shot several picture with my K20D and the DA* 60-250 lent to me.
I find very hard to shoot good picture with that lens because to obtain the right shooting speed (lower then 1/1000) being the lens an f/4 I had to increase the ISO reaching often 800 ISO . What I obtain is picture with high noise.
Now I suppose is my fault and that lens is great for other purpose but not for sports.
I desire this lens and I would like to know if any of you is using it for shooting sports activities and it is satisfied.
Thanks.
Comment by maxofrome posted on DA* 60-250 for sports at 26/07/2009 - 18:17
To clarify what I shot, I send you the link of my post in the italian pentax forum. Do not worry about italian, the picture are immediatly visible when you open the link:
http://www.pentaxiani.it/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12694
Please tell me what do you think. I add 1 stop at each picture due to sun in front of me.