I stopped caring what he said after reading his review of the FA
20-35mm. After a fairly even handed description of a suburb little
lens, an extreme w/a on film and a very nice extra wide to normal on
digital he states it's not worth having because it's day has passed.
Sheesh. I find it hard to take anything so at variance with my
experience seriously.
Toine wrote:
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.
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