Actually, Eric, the lens I considered buying to replace the 16-45 was the 
17-70--pretty much the same size and weight, good optics, and a longer reach. 
The continuing reports of SDM failures have deterred me.

Rick

On Jan 28, 2015, at 7:05 PM, Eric Weir wrote:

> 
>> On Jan 27, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The 16-45 is my most-used lens by far. It's fairly compact, not too heavy, 
>> sharp, and versatile. It would be nice to have another stop, but not at the 
>> expense of more size and weight.  Fortunately the files from the K-5 shot at 
>> ISO 6400 clean up pretty nicely.
> 
> Thanks, Rick. Glad to hear that. It jibes with other comments I’ve heard. 
> Would like to afford the 16-50/2.8, but even used it’s beyond my means—unless 
> I really splurge.
> 
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