I like my 16-45 a lot. Got it to go with my ist D about a decade ago. My only frustration is the limited zoom range. I would likely replace it with a 17-70 if I trusted that Pentax had fixed its SDM drive.
Faster lenses are too large and heavy to be appealing. Rick On Sunday, October 30, 2016, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > It's only a stop slower than the other 16/17mm-50/55mm lenses, and the > same speed as the Pentax 17-70mm. Everything I've heard about it is good, > but I ruled it out because I've been looking for something that fills in > the gap between the short zoom and one of the 70-210mm lenses I tend to > favor. > > On 10/30/2016 2:12 PM, Sandy Harris wrote: > >> I have the 16-45 Pentax DA F4 and am quite happy with it. It may not >> be fast enough for you, but for me it works well. >> >> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 5:22 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> P.J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> It doesn't look like a Full Frame camera is in my budget for quite some >>>> time, and let's face it, I've come to terms with APS-C. The K-5II is >>>> more than sufficient for most of what I do, in fact is better than most >>>> needs. A more identical backup body is what I'm more likely to get than >>>> an actual full frame camera, maybe a K-7 another K-5[II(s)], or K3 >>>> thought the latter would have some of the same problems as using the >>>> K20D as backup, though the K5II hasn't failed me yet. >>>> >>>> So I'm looking at APS-C lenses. >>>> >>>> I've kind of narrowed it down to five lenses, at this point, based on >>>> reviews. >>>> >>>> Pentax FA* 16-55 f2.8 available new. >>>> >>> >>> Somewhat to my surprise, my DA*16-50/2.8 became my daily driver lens >>> once I >>> got my K-5, which had enough sensor sensitivity that I could get by with >>> a >>> slow lens. It's reasonably sharp, reasonably fast, waterproof and a >>> handy >>> range. >>> >>> However, if I didn't have the K-1, I'd be looking at a Sigma 18-35/1.8. >>> The >>> downsides are a bit less range, and it is not weather sealed. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> > > -- > 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. > -- http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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.
