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HD Pentax DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR

Started Dec 6, 2014 | User reviews thread
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pistik100d
pistik100d New Member • Posts: 12
HD Pentax DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR
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I had a chance to try 16-85 for few shots.
The build quality better than 16-45. No wobbling at all.
It is a parfocal lens like 18-135 with many other similar properties (WR; HD; DC; no screwdrive; similar position of the rings; etc) but the image quality is better.
At 16mm wide open the vignetting seems to be too high (w/o filter). There are some CA at the corners but LR removes them easily.
Probably because of the weather the colours and the contrast were not as good as expected.
The resolution is more homogenous and at the corners much sharper than 18-135.
I am not convienced yet if my 16-45 need to be changed to 16-85 but my conclusion is that this lens is better than 18-135 (obviously not in the range of 85-135 )

 pistik100d's gear list:pistik100d's gear list
Pentax K-5 Pentax smc DA 16-45mm F4 ED AL Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM Pentax smc DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED Pentax smc DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
HD Pentax DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR
Zoom lens • Pentax KAF3 • 21387
Announced: Oct 29, 2014
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