Yes indeed, now the buyer can just hold the seller to ransom, leave a negative out of spite with no repercussion or waste their time by bidding on an item and then not paying.

Brilliant idea, I hope you continue to be pleased when something similar happens to you and your 100% feedback is wrecked out of spite.

Could be I suppose but if I owned that store I would have at least one of each of the most poular lenses in stock to show buyers. This originally came from someone who went into a store to buy a Canon fit 17-70mm ... not exactly a minority lens or mount.

I had an email from Ebay a few weeks ago asking me to sign a petition for free trade as a lot of the big manufacturers are trying to stop their brands being sold on there due to the amount of forgery.

How I laughed as I binned that email.

Why the hell should I help them after some of the daft conditions they have brought in over the last 12 months ... the worst imo being not being able to give a buyer negative feedback (I currently have someone in Italy trying to blackmail me into giving them a partial refund, they want to keep the item, it is exactly as described, they just think they paid too much).

Apparently Jessops are no longer stocking Sigma lenses for any camera brand (to order only) and Tamron are now there preferred manufacturer.

I wonder if all those people that were shouting about Jessops dropping Pentax will now be saying that Sigma are on the ropes and may not last much longer


Seems Sigma have seen the writing on the wall also.

Lightroom 2.4 and occasionally Elements 7

Have never used auto on mine, I decided on day one that I needed to try and work things out from the beginning.

I have used AV mode virtually all the time with the exception of airplanes when I want some prop blur whan I use Tv.

Have lately discovered P mode though and think that's just about right for me, I get to choose between the 2 with the flick of the front or back wheel.

I'm always in a good mood, I'm never in THAT good a mood though

Oh well, there was not much point in that purchase then.
Got it for a reasonable price though so will prob keep the FA as it has the hood and sell the F version.

Thanks for the info.

I have the F version but just saw the FA on Ebay with box, hood and case on BIN so bought that. Am now wondering if I did the right thing and which (if either) is the better lens.

Eh, What, Where ... when did that happen?