The only flash I ever use is my Sigma 500st, so that isn't an issue. Also, the size of the lens isn't really an issue for me. I want a quality wide ish zoom.
James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:01 AM Subject: Re: Pentax 16-45 vs 18-55 >I have two quibbles with the 16-45: > > First, it is both bigger and heavier than the 24-90, > which was plenty big and heavy for me (don't look for > me to be carrying f/2.8 zooms around anytime soon!). > > Second, it zooms backwards: barrel is all the way in > at 45mm, all the way out at 16mm. As Toine said, it > doesn't play nicely with the popup flash for that > reason. > > However, it takes very nice pix, and it's my most-used > lens on the D. > > Rick > > --- Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I got the 16-45 in a kit with the D. It's a great >> lens. Almost as good >> as primes. >> Later I got the 18-55 for a bargain price and now I >> find myself >> walking around with the 18-55 because it's also an >> excellent lens and >> it's much smaller. And last but not least because I >> can use the popup >> flash without problems (the popup flash is useless >> with the 16-45 >> below 20 mm). Don't shoot me for using the pop up >> flash :-) >> >> Toine >> >> On 10/26/06, J and K Messervy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > When my K10D finally arrives, I'm trying to >> decide which lens to get with >> > it. >> > >> > My ist DL came with the Sigma 18-50, so the bar >> has been set pretty low. >> > >> > I gather the Pentax 18-55 is quite a bit better. >> > >> > My question is, is the Pentax 16-45 a big enough >> improvement over the 18-55 >> > to warrent the extra $? >> > >> > What are the areas where improvement will be >> noticeable? Sharpness, colour, >> > etc? >> > >> > James >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
