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From: RichA on 15 Jul 2010 18:22 $1000 for a fast kit zoom? Are they insane? As much as an Olympus 12-60 (which would destroy the Sigma in every performance area). http://dpreview.com/news/1007/10071501sigma1750mm.asp
From: Me on 15 Jul 2010 19:09 On 16/07/2010 10:22 a.m., RichA wrote: > $1000 for a fast kit zoom? Are they insane? As much as an Olympus > 12-60 (which would destroy the Sigma in every performance area). > > http://dpreview.com/news/1007/10071501sigma1750mm.asp Sigma MSRP is almost meaningless, except that you can guess street price will be about 60% +/- 10% of MSRP. You also just assume that an Olympus 4/3 lens will be "better in every performance area", but you have no data at all on which to base that assumption. So perhaps it's you who is insane?
From: Mr. Strat on 15 Jul 2010 21:46 In article <49d5c14b-019a-4a26-a30e-0194398c73c9(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote: > $1000 for a fast kit zoom? Are they insane? As much as an Olympus > 12-60 (which would destroy the Sigma in every performance area). If people would just avoid Sigma products, they'd be much better off.
From: Rich on 16 Jul 2010 00:24 On Jul 15, 7:09 pm, Me <u...(a)domain.invalid> wrote: > On 16/07/2010 10:22 a.m., RichA wrote:> $1000 for a fast kit zoom? Are they insane? As much as an Olympus > > 12-60 (which would destroy the Sigma in every performance area). > > >http://dpreview.com/news/1007/10071501sigma1750mm.asp > > Sigma MSRP is almost meaningless, except that you can guess street price > will be about 60% +/- 10% of MSRP. > You also just assume that an Olympus 4/3 lens will be "better in every > performance area", but you have no data at all on which to base that > assumption. So perhaps it's you who is insane? So you think the Sigma will beat the Olympus? Do you know any other lens companies that measure lenses at 60lppm, including Zeiss or Leica? BTW, is the Sigma fully weatherproof?
From: Bruce on 16 Jul 2010 02:31
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:22:52 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote: >$1000 for a fast kit zoom? Are they insane? As much as an Olympus >12-60 (which would destroy the Sigma in every performance area). > >http://dpreview.com/news/1007/10071501sigma1750mm.asp The Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD IF (phew!) is well made and significantly cheaper. It is unlikely to be bettered by the Sigma. Indeed, Nikon users don't have to pay all that much more (than the Sigma) for the AF-S Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX. This is probably better optically as well as having much higher residual value, which is important when it comes to upgrading, for example to FX. |