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Thanks everyone for the information. To be honest the price difference between the Sigma & Pentax makes me lean heavily towards the Sigma.

As I intend using a polariser most of the time could any users give me comments relating to the amount of vignetting I'm likely to find ?

thanks

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Wide angle options ? at 19/11/2007 - 13:36

I currently own the Sigma 17-70 & am delighted with the lens - however I'm looking for a little more at the wide end to complement the 17-70 & was hoping for a few recommendations.

I've already discovered the sigma 10-20 which seems to be well respected, any better alternatives ?

thanks

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Wide angle options ? at 19/11/2007 - 10:49

Still keeping an eye on Ebay to try & pick one up reasonably cheap.

I did also consider spending £150 on the FA 1.4 autofocus version but Portrait photography isn't really something I do much of so would rather spend the bulk of my cash on wide angle options

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Pentax SMC A 50MM - how good at 24/11/2007 - 18:17

Thanks for the links...

Sorry forgot to mention in my post I'm considering the 50mm A 1.7

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Pentax SMC A 50MM - how good at 13/11/2007 - 23:24

Seriously considering picking up one of these manual lenses & wondered about peoples experience regarding both image quality & ease of use/focusing accuracy

Having been only used to auto-focus lenses how will I find this to use ?

thanks

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Pentax SMC A 50MM - how good at 13/11/2007 - 23:00

The K10D frequently underexposes, normally I dial-in between +0.5 & +1EV for a "spot-on" exposure - when shooting RAW it's possible to recover slightly blown highlights. Personally I prefer this in order to keep noise levels down if shooting high(ish) iso

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on EV compensation - just a trick? at 12/11/2007 - 23:49

The sigma 17-70 & Pentax 16-45 are both good replacements for the kit lens, IQ wise nothing much to choose between them - I bought the Sigma for the additional focal range & am delighted with it.

I am also seriously adding the Sigma 10-20, the extra wide angle would be very useful.

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on LBA strikes at 08/11/2007 - 23:22

To be honest the "cloudy" water effect isn't really to my taste either, I much prefer to try & catch nature "as is", it's pretty damn impressive on its own !!

The slight blur in the waterfall shots on my website were purely due to the lack of light - I wanted a noise free image so kept the Iso pretty low.

Simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Autumn arrives in the Vale of Clywd, North Wales at 24/11/2007 - 09:46

Thanks everyone for the feedback,

Howard - well spotted, it is the castle

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Autumn arrives in the Vale of Clywd, North Wales at 04/11/2007 - 17:36

A couple of shots from today as autumn arrives in the Vale of Clywd, North Wales

simon

Comment by simonkit posted on Autumn arrives in the Vale of Clywd, North Wales at 02/11/2007 - 23:16

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