> I have, however, systematically compared > the performance of the DA 14 against the DA 16-45 at 16 mm. > The surprising result was that the DA 16-45 was sharper.
Cool. So that may push the 14mm out of the picture a bit more. Down to just the 16-45mm and the 12-24mm. One problem is, I took a similar trip 2 1/2 years ago and the widest lens I had was a 24mm on the MZ-S ... it proved not to be wide enough on SEVERAL occasions. Hence the allure of the 12-24mm. > I did not evaluate for rectilinear correction. Yeah, I'm worried that the trees in my landscapes will all have a gangster lean with this lens. Perhaps someone will chime in on the (non-corrected) distortion factor of the wide end of the 12-24mm to sway me one way or the other. That'll be very helpful. - Jerome PS... remember this list... http://stans-photography.info/LongComments.html#28%20mm%20f/ aah, the good ol' days. What's the odds of someone making a current version of this to serve as our up-to-date version of the PLB (Pentax Lens Bible)? It's also interesting to look @ some of the names on that link. So many have come and gone...
