> 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.
Not exactly a glowing recommendation Shel. The trouble is it's difficult to find a lens in this FL range that doesn't have some kind of issues with it, be it Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina etc, prime or zoom. Now if the Tamron 17-35 XR Di were a bit wider at the short end I might well be tempted. John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:18:31 -0800 Subject: RE: Reservations about DA 16-45 > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom > it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you have received an email in error please notify > Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it > from your systems. > > Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email > attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be > free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. > > Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for > inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for > the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not > necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held > responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------- End of Original Message ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
