> On May 12, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
Thanks on both counts, Darren. My widest lens currently is the m 28/2.8. I love it but often find myself wanting a wider field of view. I do reasonably well with manual focus as long as I have a split image view finder and there’s decent light. Otherwise I’m taking my life in my hands. So in the last year I’ve gotten comfortable with auto focus, at least when the lens is a good one otherwise, like the 16-45 seems to be. I will checkout the Samyang/Rokinon/Bower, though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- 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.
