QuestionableCarrot,

just had a look at some of your photos on your homepage:
EXCELLENT stuff - congrats !

Urs

Mike,

Thanks - Looks like I might hang on to old one

Urs

Dear all,
Who has any “comparative experience” with the SIGMA 50-500 “BIGMA” Zoom “old vs. new”.
My question in particular: Is it worthwhile to up-grade from the older non HSM version to the new one?
What advantages are there - if any ??
I’ve got the K-5 and have the older BIGMA and I’m contemplating this up-grade.

(OPTION: Are there any alternatives - I also do occasional videos, so the usual cropping would be rather difficult...)

Thanks for any feedback – or helpful links, if this topic was discussed elsewhere before

Regards

Urs

Dear PENTAX friends,

just to say hello as newly joining member
I'm living in Switzerland, at the lake of Zurich.

My connection to PENTAX goes back about a quarter of a century, when I got PENTAX LX, together with an underwater housing.
Due to various reasons, this relay top gear is not in use anymore, but I inherited a number of lenses.

Now I’m a (nearly !) happy owner of a K5, with a few new lenses (Pentax & Sigma) covering “everything” from 12 to 500 mm.

One of my “sorrows” is, that the video function has occasional “freezes”, meaning I can’t save the file (the camera simply stays frozen , in permanent Save-Mode , until I remove the battery).

..Well, I may just open a thread on this topic later on…

Best Regards
Urs

PS: I should add, that I'm a Digital new-comer, ...still kind of trapped in the old analogue & slides days....