Hi Leon There's a full test on the 17-70 at the following URL:
http://www.photozone.de/pentax/408-pentax_1770_4 I was at one point thinking of selling my DA*16-50 and buying one new, the 20-35 still fetches good money on Ebay, not sure about the 28mm shift. Regards, John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leon Altoff [[email protected]] Sent: 30 May 2009 06:21 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Lens considerations Hi All, I have been considering lenses recently and the fact that I seem to be changing them quite often. My main lenses are a DA 16-45 and a SIgma 50-200 (which I will hopefully soon change to a 60-250 which I have been waiting on for the past 2 years). The 16-45 seems to be a bit too short far too often for my liking, and having changed to the 50-200 is then too long for the picture I want 3 pictures later. So I am considering upgrading the 16-45 to a 17-70. My main camera is a K10D (probably upgrading to the K7 at some point, but not as an early adopter as I was with the istD and the K10D) so the SDM only should not bother me. As I am planning on selling the 16-45 and also my 20-35 to pay for the new lens it means I won't have anything to cover 20mm at full frame anymore. Does anyone know at what focal length the 17-70 covers full frame if at all (in case I ever use film again)? I know the 16-45 will cover full frame at 20 mm, but I haven't seen anything on the 17-70 so any help would be appreciated - and comments on comparative quality of build and images would also be nice. (Please don't suggest I buy a lot of primes, I have some very nice primes and will add more as time goes on, but zooms have their place.) Of course I do have to pay for new purchases and need to sell a few lenses to help offset new ones. Apart from the 16-45, I have a 20-35 and a 28mm shift, but I don't know if there is interest in these lenses anymore and I need to figure out what they are worth before officially offering them for sale. If they are still popular can someone let me know? All comment gladly accepted. Leon -- 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.
