Sigma 17-70. Excellent optics, very close focusing, fast (f2.8-4.5) for a variable-aperture zoom. Yeah, it's a Sigma and not even an EX, but I was VERY pleased with mine when I was using it on the K10D.
-Adam On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > So here is the list of some lenses that I thought about recently and the > considerations that may prevent me from buying them. > > 1. SMCP DA* 16-50/2.8 - serious distortions at wide end, quality control > issues still there > 2. SMCP DA 17-70/4 SDM - some say it is a sibling of SMCP DA 10-17 fish eye > wide end distortion-wise. Perfect otherwise. > 3. SMCP DA 16-45/4 - slightly less distortions at wide end, basically ok, > though the CAs could be a problem. > 4. Tamron 17-50/2.8 - suffers from curvature of field, rather good otherwise > 5. Sigma 18-50/2.8 - well, I just don't quite like Sigma, and certain people > call Sigma really nasty names > 6. SMCP DA 21/3.2 AL Limited - excellent lens, just not wide enough > 7. Tamron 17-35/2.8-4 - covers full frame, but also suffers from curvature > of field > 8. Sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5 - well, another Sigma > 9. SMCP FA 20-35/4 - said to be excellent, but expensive and starting to > become quite rare these days. > > No matter how strange this sounds, but it seems that there is no decidedly > good lens in 16(17,18)-45(50, 70) range for modern Pentax DSLR. Each lens > has some serious drawbacks. > > So here you have it - a short summary. Please don't kill the scribe. > > Boris > > P.S. I already have 21 ltd, it is listed here just for sake of completeness. > > P.P.S. I should watch for reviews of DA 17-70/4 and some sample shots as > well. > > P.P.P.S. The price on (even brand new) DA 16-45/4 has gone down considerably > now... > > 4P.1S. I have placed an order for Tamron 17-50/2.8 and I may still buy one > for lack of better alternative due to its speed and sharpness. Having > excellent sample of Tamron 28-75/2.8 has its impact on my reasoning... > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
