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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-14-2015, 01:17 PM
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Ah, I misunderstood. If it's a walkaround lens you're wanting then definitely the 16-85 - I'm a prime person and it has almost converted me to using zooms!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-10-2015, 04:35 PM
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The 16-85 is awesome. I'm a prime person (and bought the 16-85 in a kit with my K3 II only because I didn't have a WR lens) and it's converted me to using zooms for landscape work.
For an ultrawide I'd probably recommend one of the Sigmas (8-16mm or 10-20mm) over the 12-24. With the 16-85 (or 18-135) you'll get more mileage out of the extra width of those than the extra length of the 12-24 (especially since both of the standard zooms are at their best around the 24mm mark).
Well worth considering, but make sure you buy used from a retailer like B&H rather than off eBay / the marketplace here (and don't buy an old one) - the 16-50 and 50-135 had the worst of the SDM reliability problems, particularly when they were first released. For those two in particular you want the backup of being able to return / repair a bad copy.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
05-06-2013, 02:03 PM
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Kanarek does get quite a few covers with his Pentax gear, but your argument fails because he also has several other systems and his main one (on which he makes most of his living) is Nikon. He also seems to be the only photographer on earth with a reliable 16-50.
As for the original topic, I've gone for a NEX-6. The AF isn't necessarily any less likely to hunt or give up in low-light, but it is accurate. And when it does give up for whatever reason, I can use the auto-magnification and focus peaking to manually focus much easier than in an OVF. Need to get out and do some real shooting with it soon. As for lenses, the Sigma 30mm f2.8 is an awesome bit of glass particularly for £100, and the 19mm (though not as great in the corners) is still a good complement to it.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
11-07-2012, 01:36 PM
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If it isn't K-mount compatible then the announcement will be drowned by Pentaxians laughing all the way to the nearest Nikon dealer :lol:
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-22-2012, 07:35 AM
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Erm... that's exactly what people here are saying: "I don't find the new, competition-free Pentax prices to be acceptable, so I won't buy the product". Can't understand why so many people have a problem with how consumer capitalism is supposed to work.
EDIT: As far as the 'strategy' goes (not really related to the post I quoted), there's a reason that these 'bricks and mortar stores' are going bust right left and centre. Going to a store to pay MSRP for consumer electronics is the last century's business model. It's obsolete. Doubling your prices in order to get more exposure to that business model is daft.
As a result of this new policy, customers are expected to pay 1.5 - 2x the price for no extra service or product quality. Objecting to that doesn't make one a cheapskate, it makes one rational. The DA50-135 hasn't suddenly become twice the lens it was last month. Unless I've missed the SDM recall announcement? :p |
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-09-2011, 05:23 AM
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Except that Klaus sent the lens back to Pentax and they said it was functioning within specification (ie not a bad lens)
It has been but (with the greatest of respect to the reviewers here) it's hard to take a superzoom lens review which doesn't mention distortion seriously.
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