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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > “...we are a form of invitation to others and to otherness..." > > - David Whyte > > > -- > 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. http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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.