On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: Wide zoom (and not zoom) lenses redux > > >> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Christine Aguila >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I'd just like to agree with Jack on DA 16-45; >>> >>> >>> Boris wrote: >> 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. >>> >>> Boris: I don't mean to nit-pick here, and maybe I'm just reading your >>> post >>> wrong, but you seem to assess "any" drawback as a "serious" drawback. >>> You'd >>> agree, wouldn't you, that some drawbacks are more serious than others? If >>> so, it seems to me the DA 16-45 would fair fairly well in lens >>> assessment. >>> Maybe I'm reading your post wrong. If so, just ignore. :-) Cheers, >>> Christine >>> >>> >> >> I'd have to agree. I've owned the 16-45 when I had my K100D and found >> it to be excellent overall. The only reasons I didn't buy another one >> when I bought back into Pentax in 2007 was the fact the Sigma 17-70 >> was a full stop faster at the wide end and significantly (about 20%) >> cheaper at the time. > > I agree with you too, Adam. :-) Yes, 2.8 would be great, but now that I have > a K20D with the really good high ISO, I feel more confident shooting indoors > with this lens. >
I shoot a lot of low-light cityscapes so speed was a huge issue for me, still is (and is why I eventually sold my K10D) Now I've got a D300 with the 16-85VR and some really fast primes (35/1.4, 58/1.4) -- 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.
