Igor wrote: > Malcolm, > > I haven't used any of these lenses, but I was thinking about a similar > question. > Just in case you haven't seen this review, - it might give you some > impression of this lens, and answer some technical questions, including > some comparisons between different lenses in this range: > http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/hd-pentax-da-16-85mm-f35- > 56/general-image-quality.html > (It is spread over many pages, - this is just one of them, so use the > arrows to go "left" and "right".) > > My lens is 17-70/4. I like it. It is not perfect: it is good at the > wide end, but becomes less sharp in the 50-70 range. > But I've stopped carrying 18-250 which is more "universal" in favor of > 17-70 which provides better quality for me, and I always have 50-135 > for when I need the higher quality for 50+ mm. > I value the extra "17" vs. "18"mm, and the constant f/4 aperture. > (f/5.6 becomes a bit too slow for my needs.) > > So, as other people pointed out you'd probably need to figure out what > your most frequent subjects/scenes demand, and go from there.. > Alternatively, you might buy just the lens that you _want_ to have. :-)
I hadn't seen that review Igor, and I had a good read of it last night. I like the 17-70mm, particularly the fact it is f4 across the whole range but I want the WR lens, particularly at this time of year. What I'd really like to have will wait for another year :-) Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
