Rereading your original post... I like to look at my lens line-up as a "team" that I am constantly working to upgrade, sometimes in incremental ways. What you are describing gives you the opportunity to upgrade yours: The 18-55mm you have is essentially just a kit lens with WR. The 16-85mm is a superior lens and is greater at both the wide end and the long end (giving you some overlap (55-85) before you HAVE to switch to your longer zoom.
So it would clearly be a Good Move to purchase the 16-85mm and sell the 18-55 WR for whatever you can get for it. Now instead of a 18-300mm range (with no overlap) you have a 16-300mm (with 55-85 overlap). As a bonus (or maybe the entire point of this exercise) you've improved the quality of the 18-55 range you previously shot with the WR kit lens. How's that for a friendly shove "down the slippery slope"? :) On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the opportunity to add either an 18-135mm WR lens, or a 16-85mm WR > lens to my collection at a discount. > > In the past I would have jumped to add another lens, but as I already have > the 18-55mm WR & 55-300mm WR lenses, I am struggling to see what advantage I > would gain by acquiring either of these. I don't want equipment to sit in > boxes, I want things that will get regular use. > > Is there any point in considering either of these, just in case I'm missing > something that makes one worthwhile? > > Thanks, > > Malcolm > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
