My travel combo is the same. Lately I've been taking the DA 12-24 along as well. Super lens. Paul On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Assad Khan wrote:
> Hi Francis, > > That is my travel combo, DA16-45 and DA50-200. The 16-45 is highly > regarded and the image quality approaches those of primes; it's not > without flaws though, wide open it's acceptably sharp in the center > and > a bit soft towards the edges, stop down slightly and you get *extra > crisp* images out of this lens. :-) > > I'm not big on consumer telezooms in the 50/55/70/80-200/210/300mm > range > but the DA50-200 is more than acceptable, even wide open it's good > enough for holiday shooting, add it's small size and it's light weight > to the mix and you get a winner. I usually use this lens in bright > daylight (it's a great summer lens) stopped down to F8, doesn't > disappoint me. For evening/night shooting, this lens is almost > worthless > without a tripod. > > Have fun with your new lenses! > -Asad > > Francis Alviar wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just thought I'd ask the collective what their opinion >> is on these two lenses: >> >> DA 16-45mm f/4 >> DA 50-200mm f/4-5.6 >> >> I have recently purchased these two lenses and want to >> know how their performance is and what to expect. >> Would these two make a good travel combo? Any other >> lenses - prime or otherwise you would recommend for a >> travel kit? >> >> Thank you. Now back to our regularly scheduled >> programming. >> >> >> Francis M. Alviar >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
