I actually like the extending zoom, as it allows you to shoot wide on the street without people realizing, as it looks like you're zoomed in to them. Dunno why you're complaining about the weight though, it's all of 10 grams heavier than the 24-90 (365 grams to the 24-90's 355g). It also focuses much closer (28cm instead of 50cm).
I just wish Pentax had used a similar hood design to the Canon 24-70L (Which has the same zoom configuration) so that the hood would be more effective at longer lengths. -Adam Rick Womer wrote: > I have two quibbles with the 16-45: > > First, it is both bigger and heavier than the 24-90, > which was plenty big and heavy for me (don't look for > me to be carrying f/2.8 zooms around anytime soon!). > > Second, it zooms backwards: barrel is all the way in > at 45mm, all the way out at 16mm. As Toine said, it > doesn't play nicely with the popup flash for that > reason. > > However, it takes very nice pix, and it's my most-used > lens on the D. > > Rick > > --- Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I got the 16-45 in a kit with the D. It's a great >>lens. Almost as good >>as primes. >>Later I got the 18-55 for a bargain price and now I >>find myself >>walking around with the 18-55 because it's also an >>excellent lens and >>it's much smaller. And last but not least because I >>can use the popup >>flash without problems (the popup flash is useless >>with the 16-45 >>below 20 mm). Don't shoot me for using the pop up >>flash :-) >> >>Toine >> >>On 10/26/06, J and K Messervy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> >>>When my K10D finally arrives, I'm trying to >> >>decide which lens to get with >> >>>it. >>> >>>My ist DL came with the Sigma 18-50, so the bar >> >>has been set pretty low. >> >>>I gather the Pentax 18-55 is quite a bit better. >>> >>>My question is, is the Pentax 16-45 a big enough >> >>improvement over the 18-55 >> >>>to warrent the extra $? >>> >>>What are the areas where improvement will be >> >>noticeable? Sharpness, colour, >> >>>etc? >>> >>>James >>> >>> >>>-- >>>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 >> > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > __________________________________________________ > 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
