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Pentax K-70 and 16-85mm Lens are Winners

Started Nov 10, 2016 | User reviews thread
miroshi Contributing Member • Posts: 690
Re: Pentax K-70 and 16-85mm Lens are Winners

hanhait wrote:

miroshi wrote:

OlyPent wrote:

miroshi wrote:

I also keep an eye on 16-85

Not sure yet what prefer this lens or some UW - 10-20 or 12-24.

You can actually buy Tamron's decent-quality if somewhat dated ultrawide SP AF 10-24mm for $200-$300 on Ebay used. That might leave you with enough to get the 16-85.

Yes, I know about this lens, but most people (by there opinions) in the net prefer Sigma 10-20, with complains about too soft corners of the Tamron.

I have the Tamron and the Pentax mentioned but use the Tamron seldom as its pictures have something unpleasant I cannot describe or quantify. Also the Pentax at 16 mm is really quite wide already.

I don't knoq about the IQ, there was a review in DPR form a travel to Cuba, and the photographer was made all pictures only with Tamron lenses - the WA images were amazing, so 10-24 may be is not so bad.

Well, my nephew own Nikkor 10-24mm and we made a test, here is it:

Wide test - 10, 12, 17 mm

Watching at this, ask again - do you thing 16mm is wide enough?

For me 17mm is not wide, may be 12 or 10mm is really wide.

Any way I would like to get an 16-85, range is good, and the wide end is wider then my current lens. Once I think about 18-135, but all said the IQ of 16-85 is better, and I prefer 16 vs 18mm.

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