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Pentax 16-50m f2.8 DA* reduced from £999.00 to £529.00

luckylu
Posted 09/12/2023 - 15:12 Link
Peter Rogers have almost halved the price
Jonathan-Mac
Posted 11/12/2023 - 08:37 Link
Note that the above is for the old SDM version, which I wouldn't touch even at half again that price. They do have some offers on other Pentax lenses though.

https://shop.peterrogers-photo.co.uk/shop/lenses/pentax-lenses/
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Posted 11/12/2023 - 23:32 Link
Jonathan-Mac wrote:
Note that the above is for the old SDM version, which I wouldn't touch even at half again that price. They do have some offers on other Pentax lenses though.

https://shop.peterrogers-photo.co.uk/shop/lenses/pentax-lenses/

So helpful and informative.
Be well, stay safe, but most of all, invest in memories
Flan
Posted 12/12/2023 - 00:33 Link
I love my older DA*16 dash 50m SDM, despite all the unpopular calls by the majority.
Learn and fall in love with the wondrous rendition that it has in spades, depending of course on ones copy.
LennyBloke
Posted 12/12/2023 - 22:40 Link
Flan wrote:
I love my older DA*16 dash 50m SDM, despite all the unpopular calls by the majority.
Learn and fall in love with the wondrous rendition that it has in spades, depending of course on ones copy.

Got to agree with you Flan - I always enjoyed mine (still have it on a K5iis body) - IQ is super, rendering lovely, and it's a constant fast aperture. It does vignette, it does suffer CA and the SDM failure problem is very common - so I'd agree it's not up to the standards of it's newer counterpart, but it is IMHO a class lens
LennyBloke
Flan
Posted 13/12/2023 - 19:16 Link
"Probably the best match in the World" for such a lens, the 16 MP anti alias filter removed K5iis that is , combined with the DA*16 50
It is not too shabby on my k70 either Lenny but I did bid for a K5iis on eBay that looked genuinely mint before I finally purchased the K70 new , but i was gazumped when I was at £320 at the last minutes of no reserve. It really is the only K5 to have, is what I was thinking at the time
Don't blame you for holding onto a rarer classic than one might imagine
Edited by Flan: 13/12/2023 - 19:19

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