John, I'll put in my 2 cents. On an extended vacation out of the country, I found myself using this lens most of the time. It is very convenient and delivers good results.
Wide open or in big, detailed landscapes, the 77mm or 31mm limiteds outperformed it in terms of resolution, but it is so convenient and so good that I left it on the camera most of the time. Flare was not an issue I encountered. Regards, Bob S. On 11/22/06, John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > I can't seem to find a published lens test anywhere, no surprises there, > everyone seems to test the latest C****n or N***n hardware, although I'm > sure that's all about to change for the better ;-) > > Finally would anyone like to sell their 16-45? > > Regards, > > John > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
