Howdy All,
Got to spend the tax return somehow. Benefits of being single i guess haha. The DA* series lenses have really caught my eye. But doing a little more research have found the following lenses with the following price differences. What would be the reason for spending the extra money and going with pentax? As read in other post is it basically because of weather sealing and the pentax name? What do yall think. After i posted the "4-5 lense dream setup " thread, the 16-50 and 50-135 seem to be at the top of your list. Also thinking about adding a 1.4x or 1.5x teleconverter to the list.
ok, so comparatively the following lenses
Pentax SMC DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 $630.14
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD $399.95
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC SLD ELD $375.99
Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC $355.28
Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG IF $345.00
Pentax SMC DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 $707.51
Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 II EX DCHSM $679.99
Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 di LD Macro $639.00
Sigma APO 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM $704.00
Might pick up these lenses in the next week. Im gonna do some looking around in korea, see if i can save a little more money with the exchange rate.
also i maybe selling the Pentax 50mm 1.4, tamron 28-80 and sigma 70-300mm in my signature. let me know if you are interested with an offer
thanks
Steve
Last edited by 68wSteve; 02-13-2009 at 08:45 AM.
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