On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> 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 do folks feel about these various lenses? >
Here's a strong recommendation for teh Sigma 17-70. I had it for a while when I had my K10D. You give up QSF, but get a lens which is as fast or faster throughout its range than the DA 16-45 and is better built, is a very good performer optically, offers 1:2.3 magnification and has a zoom lock which locks it at 17mm I generally used it as a 17mm prime with reach when I needed it, mostly left it locked at 17mm. And I wish I still had it, it would have been nice on my DS. -- 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.
