It is an "excellent choice", as Paul says. Another, probably more versatile over time, would be the DA 16~45 f/4. A constant aperture lens which delivers extremely nice results. It's been discontinued, but check with KEH on a regular basis and chances are you'll find one.
Jack ________________________________ From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: Initial experiences with K-5 Excellent choice. Paul via phone > On Oct 27, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Oct 27, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> [1] I’ll have to buy an autofocus lens. [In spite of my desire to learn to >> focus manually, recommendations? By I guess nearly everyone’s standards >> here, it would have to be cheap—very cheap.] > > What about this?: 50-200 F4-5.6 SMC DA ED WR. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "We have different explanations. So what?" > > - Brother Shankara > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
