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.
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