On 14 March 2013 00:37, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been looking at the same lenses because I too need a standard zoom. The > photozone numbers for the borders look a lot better on the 16-45 wide open. > At f8 they are neck and neck. The 18-55 wr is also sharper @ 55 than > the 16-45 is at 45. Something to consider. To be honest, I feel like > the kit lens is the sharpest normal zoom pentax makes. The 16-50* may > be slightly sharper along the borders and is certainly better at wider > apertures, but I think it likely has more field curvature. The 16-45 > has a very flat curvature, while the 18-55 has a great deal more at > the wide settings, so the 16-45 may be shaper perceptually in > landscapes do to the corners being more in focus. I think my next > buy is actually a wr 18-55. For $100 or so used, you can't really go > wrong. You won't feel too badly if it breaks either. You may find the 24mm > equivalent of the 16-45 more useful as well as the constant f4. In my > opinion both > seem to be about the same with the 16-45 producing nice corners > for landscapes. If I had more cash on hand I might opt for the 16-45 > tho I do find the 55mm end of my first kit lens rather useful.....
I've owned an early 18-55 and later the WR 18-55 and very often when reviewing images shot with either lens I wished that I had used one of my better lenses instead (the 16-45 included in those better lenses). Not a fan of the Pentax 18-55mm at all, they deliver mushy images from my experience, their only saving grace is that they are very inexpensive IMO. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
