I see no point is using Pentax bodies if you are just going to buy Pentax Zooms. Go prime young man! :)
JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 9:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Wide zoom (and not zoom) lenses redux I see no point in using Pentax bodies if you are just going to buy 3rd party lenses. I have both the DA 16-45mm & the DA* 16-50mm. I was never a big fan of the 16-45 & when the 16-50 became available I got one. I've never regretted the decision. My other advice is quit reading lens review sites. They fuck with your head & find faults that 99% of the time you will never notice. Cheers, Dave 2008/11/16 Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
