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16-45 vs 16-85 (in the 16-45 range)

Started Feb 7, 2017 | Discussions thread
OP Historicity Senior Member • Posts: 2,342
Re: 16-45 vs 16-85 (in the 16-45 range)

Uloo wrote:

I have both of them. In my experience the 16-85 is much better. Especially in day light condition. Also 45mm is the extreme on the 16-45 where its the sweet spot on the 16-85. The constant f-4 in my opinion is a marginal advantage. Also the 16-45 has only 6 aperture blades while the 16-85 has 9 if I'm not mistaken that's so much better when you shoot into the sun or other light sources. Its extremely flare resistant too and the out of focus area are much smoother.

However people complain about the wobbly built 16-45 I found out its more forgiving when dropped...... But that's an entirely different issue on my part.

Ulrich

These are my picture in this group with the 16-85: https://www.flickr.com/groups/pentax_da_16-85/pool/uloo

Ulrich,

Thanks.  Your comment about the 16-45 being more subject to flare is consistent with my experience with it on 2-5-17.  That could have been the reason my 16-45 & K3 became confused and over-exposed several shots -- maybe.  There was a piece broken loose inside the lens so it is going back to KEH, but there were things I liked about the lens -- not enough to make me spend $565 for a new (albeit from old stock) copy however.

Still, Photozone or some review outfit like that rated the 16-45 above the newer 16-50.  That is, the build of 16-50 was superior but the image quality of the 16-45 was better.

Lawrence

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