Larry Colen wrote: >I keep finding myself "needing" a lens that is wide, fast and >preferably reasonably sharp. Pretty much all I have wider than 31 are >my 18-55 and my 18-250. I'm thinking of diverting some of the money >from selling my racecar to buying glass. > >I think that the ideal lens would be a 16-50, and I keep bumming that >I never went for the one on craigslist just before I got laid off. > >Poking around on ebay, I've found a few options. > >Pentax 16-50 seems to go for $750-800 >A Zenitar K MC 2.8 16mm for $180 >A couple of Pentax SMC DA 14mm f2.8 ED for around $590 >SIGMA 17-35mm f2.8-4 DG EX $300 >Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC $370
How about the Pentax 16-45? Slower than the 16-50 but smaller and cheaper. -- 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.
