In my opinion the Pentax DA 16-45mm is a good lens at a very reasonable price. I'm not aware of anything else that goes as wide as 16mm for such a reasonable price. B&H has several used one for as little as $189. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/315380/?gclid=CjwKEAjwycaqBRCSorjE7ZewsmUSJABWzM54Y3b5n0pNcxVt_iogDASbaXWBqmd3r-X9IL6RNP1B3xoC1UXw_wcB
If you were ONLY interested in ultrawide, I would tell you to consider the (manual focus) Samyang/Rokinon/Bower 14mm f2.8, but it would be $100 more, not a zoom, and not autofocus (but f/2.8 and wider). It is a well regarded wide angle prime. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Well, when isn’t cost a consideration? I’ll put it this way: I’d like to have > a 20-40/2.8-4 limited but that’s beyond my means. A 16-45/4 is much more > affordable and I might go up to double KEH’s price for it if there was > something that might be better for me, e.g., something as wide as the 16-45 > but with a longer zoom range. > > It seems that my photography requires either that or a telephoto and not much > in between. So I’m not especially interested in trying to accommodate all > that in one lens. I just want a good wide-angle zoom. > > So, should it be the 16-45 or is there something else I should consider. > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > "Our world is a human world." > > - Hilary Putnam > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
