Advice on sigma lens

swittyz · 4th November 2006

Hi everyone

I am living in Australia atm and Pentax has a relativly good market here, but all their camera packages (including K100D) are packaged with sigma lens, not pentax.

I was looking at getting the Sigma DC 18 - 125mm F3.5 - 5.6 packaged with camera... does anyone have this lens or has used it? Is it a good enough lens to keep me happy on 2 month holiday? I am worried that maybe the images will all turn out to be too soft :S

Also I am considering getting a 50mm prime.... what lens are the easiest to come by nowdays (will be stopping in sg for a few days).

Thanks in advance

phantasmal · 5th November 2006

Originally Posted by swittyz

Hi everyone

I am living in Australia atm and Pentax has a relativly good market here, but all their camera packages (including K100D) are packaged with sigma lens, not pentax.

I was looking at getting the Sigma DC 18 - 125mm F3.5 - 5.6 packaged with camera... does anyone have this lens or has used it? Is it a good enough lens to keep me happy on 2 month holiday? I am worried that maybe the images will all turn out to be too soft :S

Also I am considering getting a 50mm prime.... what lens are the easiest to come by nowdays (will be stopping in sg for a few days).

Thanks in advance

Not sure abt the lens abt think its quite ok, check out this thread.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=20722361

check this thread for 50mm lens in SG.
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthrea...=204004&page=4

Isaiahfortythirtyone · 5th November 2006

the sigma 18-125 is known to be a good value for moeny lens with good sharpness and contrast. i used the 18-200 before and i must say the colour and contrast are very good. it produces warmish tones.

but dont buy just because it is cheap.a DSLR is a whole system. you may buy pentax now, but also consider other factors like how easy is it to get 2nd hand stuff or sell stuff or teh availability of lenses for that matter.

4th November 2006	#1
swittyz New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1	Advice on sigma lens Hi everyone I am living in Australia atm and Pentax has a relativly good market here, but all their camera packages (including K100D) are packaged with sigma lens, not pentax. I was looking at getting the Sigma DC 18 - 125mm F3.5 - 5.6 packaged with camera... does anyone have this lens or has used it? Is it a good enough lens to keep me happy on 2 month holiday? I am worried that maybe the images will all turn out to be too soft :S Also I am considering getting a 50mm prime.... what lens are the easiest to come by nowdays (will be stopping in sg for a few days). Thanks in advance

5th November 2006	#3
Isaiahfortythirtyone Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Clementi Posts: 2,470	Re: Advice on sigma lens the sigma 18-125 is known to be a good value for moeny lens with good sharpness and contrast. i used the 18-200 before and i must say the colour and contrast are very good. it produces warmish tones. but dont buy just because it is cheap.a DSLR is a whole system. you may buy pentax now, but also consider other factors like how easy is it to get 2nd hand stuff or sell stuff or teh availability of lenses for that matter.