I already have the 16-45, but I'm still going to want the 12-24. It's a lot wider on the small end, and the range is so different, that it's not at all redundant. It will be the lens for those times when only wide is needed. The 16-45, on the other hand, provides everything from moderately wide to portrait lens fov. Paul
> Joseph Tainter mused: > > > > Picture here: > > > > http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_2831.html > > > > ------- > > > > This photo looks pretty fishy: no distance scale, no markings for focal > > length, no lens name. Maybe the actual thing is a ways off and this is > > just a mock-up in styrofoam. > > > I think you'll find that's a FA-J 18-55. > > > There is some speculation on the dpreview forums that this lens is > a variant of the Tokina 12-24 (presumably with Pentax SMC add-ons). > > We'll see. In any case, I think the 16-45 might have just slipped > off the No. 1 spot on my most wanted list. > >
