Lens - decisions decisions (wrong ones)

rparmar
Posted 25/08/2011 - 17:13 Link
The DA16-45 is a fine capable lens. You'd have a hard time finding anything sharper in a zoom and the 45mm end is as useful for landscapes as the wide.

But I second the suggestion above of using the FA31 and stitching if need be. That is one nice lens corner to corner.
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Pentaxophile
Posted 25/08/2011 - 17:39 Link
The 16-45mm is another good one. The 17-50 is certainly sharper (and has much less CA) but the extra mm at the wide end almost takes it into ultra-wide territory.
madmazda86
Posted 30/08/2011 - 17:39 Link
If you're looking for cheaper non-Pentax MF primes on Ebay the Tokina 28mm is not bad, I picked one up for £35 a few months back and the quality is decent for the price ^^
Posted 30/08/2011 - 19:54 Link
Another vote for the 16-45mm. On my trip to Scotland, the 16-45mm was used on just about all landscapes.
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DaveHolmes
Posted 02/09/2011 - 04:18 Link
The Tamron 17-50 is my current landscape lens... In fact at the moment and for the last few weeks there's only it and the FA50-1.4 in my camera bag (although this may change come the 26th...)!!
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