>Hi all,
>I'm lookin for a wide-angle (and/or zoom to medium telephoto) lens for
>my Pentax K100d with medium price/performance.
Sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5, superb imaging at modest cost. Many
Pentax users (including me) use it, nothing bad to say about
it... unlike some other Sigma lenses :-(
<filippo.genovese@email.it> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I'm lookin for a wide-angle (and/or zoom to medium telephoto) lens for
> my Pentax K100d with medium price/performance.
>
> Tnx in advance,
> all the best
>
You want good lenses otherwise your image quality suffers. For wide angle I
would look at the Pentax 10-17. It is a fisheye but a 180 degree view at
10mm is just incredible and the fisheye effect can be quickly fixed in
Photoshop. As for medium zoom take a look at the Pentax 50-200. It is a
wonderful lens for the money.
><filippo.genovese@email.it> wrote
>> I'm lookin for a wide-angle (and/or zoom to medium telephoto) lens
>> for my Pentax K100d with medium price/performance.
> As for medium zoom take a look at the
> Pentax 50-200. It is a wonderful lens for the money.
That 50-200 is indeed a good buy. Filippo, if you already have the kit 18~
55 lens, the best inexpensive wide-angle is the wonderful Russian Zenitar
16mm F/2.8 (but NOT autofocus!) from eBay... it seems so wide you'll
probably never want to spend much more money for a lens only a few mm
shorter. It is a bit wider than the Pentax 16~45mm, which I also have.
"John Bean" <waterfoot@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 20 Apr 2007 09:14:00 -0700, filippo.genovese@email.it
> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>I'm lookin for a wide-angle (and/or zoom to medium telephoto) lens for
>>my Pentax K100d with medium price/performance.
>
> Sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5, superb imaging at modest cost. Many
> Pentax users (including me) use it, nothing bad to say about
> it... unlike some other Sigma lenses :-(
>
> --
> John Bean
I'll second that. The Sigma 17-70 and Pentax 50-200 make the cheapest high
quality combo around.
On 21 Apr, 07:26, "Steve B" <sbradsPUTTWENTYFOURH...@ukfsn.org> wrote:
> "John Bean" <waterf...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:s7uh23183rtgbtg47gcs8gbnr8s0alhctn@4ax.com...
>
> > On 20 Apr 2007 09:14:00 -0700, filippo.genov...@email.it
Thanx to all of you for your kind and prompt answers.
Have a nice WE
Filippo
> > wrote:
>
> >>Hi all,
> >>I'm lookin for a wide-angle (and/or zoom to medium telephoto) lens for
> >>my PentaxK100dwith medium price/performance.
>
> > Sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5, superb imaging at modest cost. Many
> > Pentax users (including me) use it, nothing bad to say about
> > it... unlike some other Sigma lenses :-(
>
> > --
> > John Bean
>
> I'll second that. The Sigma 17-70 and Pentax 50-200 make the cheapest high
> quality combo around.
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