Originally posted by gut1kor Hi,
After reading the lens
review, I wanted to buy this lens for my k-x. How ever I found that this lens is discontinued and it is difficult find one from a trusted source. Apart from choosing DA* 300mm f4, is there any alternative to that Sigma zoom (any range till 400mm) which close or better than that in optical quality and IQ?
As I never shot with a telephoto prime as of now, i would like to go for this high quality zoom. Please suggest.
Cheers
Guna
perhaps not the answer you were looking for but you may wish to try the combo I use. You will, however need to deal in the used market.
I use the origonal AP) 70-200F2.8 with both the 1.4x and 2X teleconverters.
The reason I like this option is that if I don;t absolutely need the additional length, I have a much faster lens. unfortunately, most high end tele zooms are constant aperture, I would like the 100-300 much more if it was F2.8 or something like that at the short end,
The reason I suggest the non DG version of the 70-200 is that it has the reputation of being the sharpest of all the sigma 70-200 lenses both wide open and at 200mm.