After reading this review I wouldn't dare buying this lens. As a reference Photozone trashed the 50-200 completely. For pixelpeeping fun I got this lens a few days ago for very little money (thanks photozone!). The 50-200 is simply amazing (if you stop it down one or two steps). They also think my other lenses are middle of the road or worse. ROFL!
Toine On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Subash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.photozone.de/pentax/405-pentax_1650_28 > > <quote> > > Verdict > > It is difficult to find a final verdict for the Pentax SMC DA* 16-50mm > f/2.8 ED [IF] SDM. On the one hand it has some obvious problems like a > weak border performance at max. aperture and very pronounced lateral > chromatic aberrations (CAs). On the other hand it is really very sharp > and contrasty at medium aperture settings (f/5.6-8) and many users may > actually forgive the border problems at f/2.8 because you either stop > down for conventional photography or rely on the (very sharp) center > for shallow depth-of-field situations (e.g. portraits) anyway. The > build quality of the lens is also a step up from the consumer grade > Pentax lenses and the silent (although not overly speedy) SDM is an > extra bonus on top. The pricing of the Pentax 16-50mm f/2.8 is fair > relative to its performance and build quality. > > </quote> > -- > cheers, subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
