Originally posted by dafiryde was about to order the da*50-135 and came across the tamron 70-200 2.8
do you think i should wait or go ahead and order the pentax
Dave
I wait ...
Tested DA* and found great IQ overall, great construction, weather sealing but High CA wide open and that it is prone to flare in extreme conditions (the last is nearly show stopper for my kind of photography but I bet it isn't for most people).
Now I have a Sigma 50-150 for testing but my preliminary findings say it's very Soft wide open and has high CA also.
Sigma 70-200 and Tamron 70-200 are next to try when available.
However note that if you follow my lead, you won't have a tele-zoom for at least 5 months (I start to have depravation syndrome already
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