Originally posted by pcarfan The 55-300 is an excellent lens, the kit and the sigma are decent lenses. Defintely get rid of the sigma as you have the 55-300 and keep the kit lens for WR.
If you like wide angle landscapes then you can get the Pentax 12-24 or the older Sigma 10-20 (Not the constant aperture F4, as the former is less expensive and possibly a better performer and hardly need F4 for landscapes).
Pentax DA* 50-135/2.8 is indeed and excellent lens (rivals many primes in each of it's range) for portraits. If you are a prime person, then the 43/1.9 and 77/1.8 are even better being faster.
Another option is all prime DA15/4 or DA21, FA43/DA40, FA77/DA70 and the 55-300.
WHAT LENSES DID YOU USE FOR YOU CANON?, WHICH WILL GIVE US A BETTER IDEA
I have a 50mm 1.8, a 85mm 1.8, a 70-200mm 2.8 and I also have the kit 17-85mm lens.
Hey Ron, I've been debating between the 10-20 and the 8-16. The only reason I've been looking at the 10-20 instead is because of the price range. HOWEVER if the 8-16 is a real step up I would still consider it an option.
Just from the reviews I've seen there's quite a bit of distortion on that lens (I mean being wide no doubt) but what is the real benefit of this lens over the 10-20 that makes it worth more? Other than going slightly wider?
Here are my considerations:
Sigma 10-20mm 4 (or 8-16 if the extra cost can be justified, wish I could get the 12-24mm but cannot justify it right now)
35mm Macro 2.8 (I want a good Pentax macro, if there is a better one in the Pentax line let me know! I was looking at the 100mm macro too, but I like the focal length and price of this one more, not sure if one is better than the other)
43mm 1.9 (or the 77 if the extra cost can be justified)
55-300 4
I have a lot of money to spend on this upgrade so I want to do it right. I plan to get at least 3K for all my Canon stuff (have a buyer in mind) and when I added it up, all the Pentax stuff (lenses, camera, flash) will cost me a little over 4K, which isn't bad because my original plan was to upgrade to a Canon 7D and it would've cost me more anyways.