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Comment by simonkit posted on Cable shutter release at 31/03/2008 - 17:23
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Comment by simonkit posted on Pentax 10-17 fisheye or Sigma 10-20 at 30/03/2008 - 20:21
Since it was taken over by Home Retail Group I've not considered buying anything electrical from them - prices generally speaking are over inflated, probably the reason their latest sales figures were non too good either.
BTW - I don't work for any of the companies mentioned !!
simon
In theory the range suggests that both the Sigma & Tamron 28-300 lenses shouldn't really be better than the 70-300 variants, can anyone say otherwise ?
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Comment by simonkit posted on Tamron 70-300mm Lens at 02/04/2008 - 17:49
I've just ditched my Tamron 70-300 and switched to that Sigma lens. I might have had a bad Tamron example, but my early pics with the Sigma suggest it's ahead on sharpness and build quality.
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Comment by simonkit posted on Tamron 70-300mm Lens at 29/03/2008 - 17:16
I previously owned the Pentax 50-200 but wasn't impressed with my copy, it was a bit too short in focal range too. The Tamron 70-300 I replaced it with serves my purpose better.
If you can wait, I think it's worthwhile seeing how the reviews of the new Pentax 55-300 go.
simon
Comment by simonkit posted on Tamron 70-300mm Lens at 28/03/2008 - 13:19
From reading much beforehand it seems the Tamron suffers more CA than the Sigma - my Tamron certainly shows CA in high contrast shots. Apparently the Sigma isn't quite as sharp as the Tamron.
I bought the Tamron as a "stop-gap" whilst something better comes along, hoping the Pentax 55-300 might just be the one !!
simon
Comment by simonkit posted on Tamron 70-300mm Lens at 28/03/2008 - 13:03
I suspect what he means is that he doesn't care how long it takes the camera to download to his PC when he gets home, it's the buffer-to-card time while shooting which matters.
Think I'll be going with the Sandisk Extreme III
thanks
simon
Comment by simonkit posted on Kingston Class 6 vs Sandisk Class 6 SDHC 8GB at 27/03/2008 - 22:17
Looks a good deal - regarding transfer speed I'm only really looking at "in-camera".
Simon
Comment by simonkit posted on Kingston Class 6 vs Sandisk Class 6 SDHC 8GB at 24/03/2008 - 11:08
Looking through the test results what does suprise me is the Dane-elec performance, it's a cheap card which seems to offer very good performance, not really heard of them though, has anyone else ?
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Comment by simonkit posted on Kingston Class 6 vs Sandisk Class 6 SDHC 8GB at 23/03/2008 - 22:15
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Shutter-Release-Cable-for-Samsung-GX-10-GX-1L-GX-1S_W0QQit...
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