In my time, I've had some excellent Sigma lenses for the OM and Minolta AF
mounts.
Allan
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>From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: ebay advise
>Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:09:57 -0500
>
>You're confusing Sigma and Soligor. Soligor used the "CD" (Computer
>Designed) designation in lenses they produced to compete with the
>Vivitar Series 1 line. I have one Soligor CD lens, a 35-70/2.5 in OM
>mount which has build quality probably unsurpassed by any other lens I own.
>
>Sigma often gets a bad rap on quality which I think comes mostly from
>some (possibly recent) QC problems but also from producing low end
>lenses to feed the masses. But they also produce very high end lenses
>with prices to match. The 300/2.8 would not have been a cheapie.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>Jeff Keller wrote:
> > Sigma isn't well known in the OM world. The Troy brothers have at
> > least one big Sigma and a few others have mentioned various long
> > telephotos. If you put it on yaBe, find some web sites that discuss it
> > and put links on your for sale page.
> >
> > Also the CD nomenclature should be prominently mentioned if it is a CD
> > version. Tamron has SP and Tokina has ATX. The premium lens
> > designation will attract more attention.
>
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