On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:48:00 -0400 "David L. Bridges" <davidbridges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Sigma 12-24 f/4.5-5.6 EX DG AF was reviewed in the April 2004 Popular > Photography and rated very highly. Notable for my purposes was the virtual > absence of distortion. > There was an amusing comment in a recent photo.net thread about the Sigma 12-24mm zoom: "You will be told that the Nikkor 12-24 is much much better [than the Sigma] by people who dont own either." (Rob Malkin in thread: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008FOd&unified_p=1 ) Fwiw: I own one Sigma - the 24mm f/2.8, which I'm very happy with. Brian Chandler ---------------- Jigsaw puzzles from Japan http://imaginatorium.org/shop/ imaginatorium@xxxxxxxxxxxxx