thanks everyone..I already own the Sigma 10-20 which is a great lens, I'm really looking at the range covered by the 17-70, although as I own the 55-300 too the Tamron 17-50 looks a pretty good choice, how do users find it ?

Whist I'm quite pleased with the Sigma 17-70 I do prefer the colours/contrast produced by the Pentax lenses

thanks

simon

I'm currently considering upgrading my Sigma 17-70 and considering options...

the Pentax equivalent isn't really an upgrade, at least not IQ/distortion wise

the 16-50 also seems to suffer from heavy distortion at the W/A, although the MTF figures look good

I've also come across the Sigma 17-35 EX and wondered if anyone had any experience of this?

thanks

simon

Sorry to hear about the problems here... I cancelled my order due to a change of mind but must admit I've also used Play several times & never had any issues.

My guess is that they were clearing some stock knowing a new model isn't too far away, perhaps they hadn't sold any GX20 bodies for a while, now they've cleared a few they're happy enough to put the price back up, perhaps hoping due to the response from the £299 offer that someone may decide to pay full price anyway ?

Simon

To be honest I'm not too convinced the GX20 would allow me to achieve anything that I can't already with the GX10..I'm one of the few who would like a decent Live View feature and the GX20 implementation is pretty poor by most accounts, hopefully the next model will improve its implemenation. Just seems I'd be spending money for little benefit, I'd rather spend a little more for something hopefully of more significance

simon

I was tempted but have re-considered so there's another one available, cancelled my order.... I'd only regret it if a new model was announced soon with a "significant" increase in feature-set from my GX10

simon

I'll let you know...I should get a despatch confirmation tomorrow (or not)

simon

we'll I'd made my mind up to wait for the next model....but for that price I couldn't resist, just placed my order - I was considering paying £450 body only a couple of weeks ago !!

Probably keep my GX10 as backup

Simon

Samsung made it clear a while ago that they're looking to move away a little from "cloning" Pentax cameras, this looks like one of those products. I think we'll see both some interesting joint developments and some interesting lone projects from both pentax and Samsung... hopefully interesting times ahead

I wouldn't discount the Bridge cameras return either, for me a combination of good EVF and interchangable lenses would be welcome, although it's a little early in the development cycle yet

simon

What makes you think that?, think you'll find that Samsung have pretty decent Uk support

Simon

Brilliant stuff...doesn't look like he shot them in the North Sea for some strange reason

simon