Originally posted by Fl_Gulfer When did they start making the APO for the pentax? I can't find it.
Anyway your are a bad man. lol lol ..... I want one so bad....sob sob.
Well, if you're nice to Tom, perhaps the 2 of you could get together (since you're both in Florida) and he might let you play with it a little. Although the Bigma isn't on my lens want list, I wouldn't mind playing with it a little myself just to see what it would be like to use a lens of such a large range.
If I were to ever get one, that would mean that DH would have to go with me anytime I wanted to use it, so he could help me hold up one end of it while we are walking to our shooting locations. Since he's already there when I want to shoot, he could also function as a free-standing monopod.
Seriously, if you want to save your neck, then perhaps you can get a small cart to haul Bigma around in. A tripod will take care of support during shooting.
One way that DH and I deal with the money issues is that we have his, hers, and ours checking accounts. We each get an allowance on our respective paydays that goes into the his or hers account. We are free to do whatever with the money, therefore I don't have to tell DH how much I spend on gear if I don't want to. We've been married almost 8 years and it's worked pretty well for us.
Heather