On Nov 23, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > 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. > Good point. That's an excellent lens as well. I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between that lens and the 16-50 at f 5.6 or so. I sold mine and bought the 16-50 because I need the speed for weddings and other indoor events, but in every other way, the performance was comparable. Paul > > > > -- > 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.
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