I mostly shoot with primes when I have a good idea of what I'm going to be shooting. But for more flexibility, I either take the DA 12-24 for landscapes, or for complete flexibility I take the DA 18-135. You might want to consider the 18-135 if you are going to stay with APS-C. I thought the wide range would really compromise the optical quality, but I really can't fault this lens much, except for a little bit of vignetting at the wider stops, which can be corrected. I'm really happy with the results of this lens and that extra wide zoom range really comes in handy. Especially at the long end.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The 16-45 has been my most used lens for all of my most recent > trips. On my current one, over 95% of my shots have been taken with > it: the range is so useful for city walking and most landscapes. I > brought the 50-200 this time as well, but have only used it > half-a-dozen times. > > Now I'm using the K5II I don't find the small maximum aperture an > issue at all, so I'd only replace it with something like Rick's > suggestion, a 17-70 with a maximum aperture around f3.5/4. > > The recent mention of the F70-210 has spurred me to try that on the > K5II when I get back, as I found it a superbly sharp lens on film. > > > > John in St. Louis > > -- > 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
