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From: "paul stenquist" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for something wide and fast
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
I agree. The 16-45 is one fantastic lens for the money. I'm so glad I
bought it. Cheers, Christine
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