The 16~45 delivers consistently crisp images and is a pleasure to use. Jack
--- On Mon, 11/23/09, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Looking for something wide and fast > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:25 PM > > 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. > > > -- > 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.
