Moparmike
April 8th, 2010, 07:04
I'm finding myself in about the same boat that Joris has posted in his "I'm Puzzled" thread.
I'm looking for a faster fixed focal-length wide/standard zoom for my *istDL (and it'll be used on a future K-x too).
Right now I've got the Pentax DA18-55 kit lens which has been really good to me except it's a bit on the slow side at f/3.5. My long zoom is the DA50-200...good lens but again, a bit slow for indoor work even at 50mm. My fast lenses are MF primes...two 50mms (f/1.7 & f/2.0) and one 28mm f/2.8.
In addition to my normal playing around with shallow DoF still life shots, I've got a friend's wedding coming up this summer where I'll be taking some non-pro shots.
A faster AF zoom would be a nice addition to my kit.
The two lenses that have really popped out at me while reading reviews are:
-Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 EX DC
-Tamron SP 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD
Both are priced out around $400 right now and my budget is $500.
I'm leaning towards the 28-75 Tammy right now. Seems to fit in with the shots that I usually take.
I seldom used the 18-24mm range on my kit lens, but that 24-28mm range does get used some. I'm a little concerned about missing that 4mm if I go with the Tammy.
The 50-75mm range would be nice to add onto the lens. I use 50-70mm quite a bit with my DA50-200 and I wouldn't mind having that range stuck onto another lens. This might avoid a few lens swaps when I'm out and about.
Anyone used either of these two lenses (or something similar)?
I'm looking for a faster fixed focal-length wide/standard zoom for my *istDL (and it'll be used on a future K-x too).
Right now I've got the Pentax DA18-55 kit lens which has been really good to me except it's a bit on the slow side at f/3.5. My long zoom is the DA50-200...good lens but again, a bit slow for indoor work even at 50mm. My fast lenses are MF primes...two 50mms (f/1.7 & f/2.0) and one 28mm f/2.8.
In addition to my normal playing around with shallow DoF still life shots, I've got a friend's wedding coming up this summer where I'll be taking some non-pro shots.
A faster AF zoom would be a nice addition to my kit.
The two lenses that have really popped out at me while reading reviews are:
-Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 EX DC
-Tamron SP 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD
Both are priced out around $400 right now and my budget is $500.
I'm leaning towards the 28-75 Tammy right now. Seems to fit in with the shots that I usually take.
I seldom used the 18-24mm range on my kit lens, but that 24-28mm range does get used some. I'm a little concerned about missing that 4mm if I go with the Tammy.
The 50-75mm range would be nice to add onto the lens. I use 50-70mm quite a bit with my DA50-200 and I wouldn't mind having that range stuck onto another lens. This might avoid a few lens swaps when I'm out and about.
Anyone used either of these two lenses (or something similar)?