Thanks, Peter. Two to think about. Didn’t find either at either KEH or B&H. One review written just after the 16-45 came out compared the FA 20-35 unfavorably to the 16-45.
> On May 12, 2015, at 1:19 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 16-45 is supposed to be pretty good, but if you're looking for the > closest analog to the 20-40, I'd reccomend the FA 20-35mm at least optically, > and zoom range, build quality is very good for a mostly plastic lens, and at > this time it's not all that "sexy" when compared to the DA Limited, so you > can probably pick one up for a relatively low price used. Oddly you might > just be happy with the FAJ 18-35, it's build is supposed to especially > crappy, but optically it's supposed to be very very good, and those seem to > go for a song, an off key one at that. > > On 5/12/2015 11:48 AM, Eric Weir 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 >> [email protected] >> >> "Our world is a human world." >> >> - Hilary Putnam >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon you learn something no one has learned before." - Richard Feynman -- 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.
