Originally Posted by jock
Easy. Take your body down to Camera House or Ted's or whatever and try them. See how they feel on manual, see how the pretty piccies turn out.
As for third party lenses, you might as well ask the guys who know. The only one I bought my wife was a 2x extender (you guys can keep your dirty little thoughts to yerselves!) which seems to be just fine.
I can't find any place locally that stocks the expensive lenses. And I've never had any need for an extender.
Originally Posted by womble
My flatmate has the 'pro' level 2.8 wide Sigma zoom, and it's very nice optically. Slightly better than my Canon 20-25 2.8L. And yes, we have done tripod mounted tests using his DSLR. Build quality isn't as good as a Canon, but that's to be expected.
You must mean the 20-35. I've got 3 or 4 of the Sigma 2.8 lenses, and they treat me well. Also a Tokina 2.8. I just need at least a 17mm wide. Good to know aftermarket still compares well to Canon.
Originally Posted by badsac
Well I don't want to buy form my local, as it seems whatever they put on earlier this year was cr@p. I can't believe one ride in the rain has gummed it up like it seems to have.
Any tips Expat?
I've still got some Jagwire brake cables. See Climbo for a glowing endorsement.
Originally Posted by climbo
who knows about website hosting?
Check with Andy at Jooster -
support@jooster.com. He'll hook you up.