Pentaxian Registered: April, 2015 Location: USA Posts: 2,875 | | Review Date: June 5, 2019 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Auto Focus, Push/Pull zoom, Cheap | | Cons: | | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 7
Value: 10
Camera Used: K-1
Autofocus: 5
New Or Used: New
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I just purchased a different (newer?) version of this lens. Mine is autofocus.
No vignetting on my K-1 camera. Separate manual focus ring on the front.
It says "multi-coated" , "made in Japan", and "Sigma Zoom-Alpha (symbol)".
I paid just $15 for it on USA's Ebay. Mint condition. I was blown away by the picture quality for this price!
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New Member Registered: December, 2009 Location: Devon, England Posts: 9
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| | Review Date: January 22, 2011 | Not Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | Solid build, smooth focussing/zoom action | | Cons: | Only average image quality - quite soft at long end | |
Bear in mind this is an old lens. I bought it in the early 1980's and it went everywhere with me on my K-1000. Nothing I took in those days was printed bigger than 6x4, so I was very pleased with the IQ. I got hold of a K-7 recently so I dug the lens out of the attic and tried it out. Compared to a modern "kit" lens it is a very solid, well built item, which feels good to use. The one touch zoom/focus is a delight. I think it's amazing that a 30+ year lens should work so well with a modern DSLR body. OK, it's manual focus but the auto aperture control works perfectly.
Looking more closely at the image quality than I was able to before, the lens seems fairly soft at most focal lengths, especially the long end, but not unacceptably so for general scenery and landscape work.
Of course, with a 1.6 crop factor body 35mm at the wide end isn't really wide enough to make it as good a general purpose lens as it was on a film body. Conclusion: I am glad I kept it, still use it occasionally for old times' sake but I probably wouldn't go out and buy one if I didn't already have it.
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