While I liked the lens, and found it to be a nice "walking around" lens, I wasn't quite satisfied with it for critical work and fine details. The standard hood is, imo, inadequate, and the lens is prone to flare and purple fringing in some situations. I actually used two samples, one briefly and another for more than a month, got the fringing with both of them. I didn't like the way it "tromboned" but soon learned to accept that aspect of it. Overall, I think it's fine for most work, but it would not be my first choice for a lot of photography that I do. I'd consider buying one if the price were right now that I know its limitations, strengths, and weaknesses. On a scale of 100 I'd rate it about 80.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Whittingham > I've been looking at buying a lens for the K10D in the region of 14 or 16mm, > a good zoom preferably. Despite it's age I'm considering the DA 16-45 mainly > due to coverage and relatively low price. There seems to be some quite > conflicting opinions regarding CA, distortion etc. > > Is there anything I really need to look out for? > Is there a high degree of sample variation? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
