i know some here have a good one, but it still seems to have a lot of problems all be it from the doom and gloom forum, but my 16-45 does a fine job so i'll stay with this for a while.
Still waiting on the 60-250, but i think i'll have a d300 or d700 before that lens comes out Dave On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:36 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then you'l be missing out on a very fine lens. Certainly one of the best > zooms Pentax has ever produced. And I'd be surprised if it's not a lot better > than the 17-70. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Let's just say that either measured or shown by example, the distortion >> at wide end makes this lens a no-go for me. >> >> Boris >> >> Subash wrote: >> > http://www.photozone.de/pentax/405-pentax_1650_28 >> > >> > <quote> >> > >> > Verdict >> > >> > It is difficult to find a final verdict for the Pentax SMC DA* 16-50mm >> > f/2.8 ED [IF] SDM. On the one hand it has some obvious problems like a >> > weak border performance at max. aperture and very pronounced lateral >> > chromatic aberrations (CAs). On the other hand it is really very sharp >> > and contrasty at medium aperture settings (f/5.6-8) and many users may >> > actually forgive the border problems at f/2.8 because you either stop >> > down for conventional photography or rely on the (very sharp) center >> > for shallow depth-of-field situations (e.g. portraits) anyway. The >> > build quality of the lens is also a step up from the consumer grade >> > Pentax lenses and the silent (although not overly speedy) SDM is an >> > extra bonus on top. The pricing of the Pentax 16-50mm f/2.8 is fair >> > relative to its performance and build quality. >> > >> > </quote> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >> the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
