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Pentax smc DA 16-45 mm f/4 ED AL
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| Manufacturer | Pentax |
|---|---|
| Model | smc DA 16-45 mm f/4 ED AL |
| Lens style | Universal zoom |
| Focal length | 16 - 45 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/4 |
| Angle of view | 83 - 35 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 0.28 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:3.8 |
| Minimum aperture | 22 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 0 |
| Auto focus type | AF |
| Lens Construction | 13 elements / 10 groups |
| Filter diameter | 67 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Pentax K |
| Dimensions | 92 x 72 mm |
| Weight | 365 g |
| Additional information |
Owners reviews (7)
Overall
Owner since: 6 months
Price: £185
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Chromatic aberrations occasionally visible in corner areas of high contrast. This however is easily corrected in Lightroom or ACR. The zoom barrel moves outwards at shorter focal lengths, which is counter intuitive and feels slightly odd at first.
Pros: Very little distortion evident and lovely colour rendering. Centre sharpness is as good as any Pentax K-mount lens I've tried yet. Embarrassingly it's far better than the overrated 21mm f3.2 prime lens in this latter respect. A vast optical improvement on the K-5 standard kit offering, and actually more pleasing to my eye in the corners at overlapping focal lengths than the pricier Sigma 10-20mm f3.5. A bargain if you can still pick up one. Note that mine is the rarer Samsung-branded version, which superficially appears slightly better built but is to all intents and purposes optically identical.
Summary: Highly recommended, especially if like me you baulk at the cost of the 16-50mm Pentax zoom that has superseded it.
Overall
Owner since: 6 months
Price: $380
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Slight loss of resolution on the long end of the zoom; optically not quite "prime" good
Pros: Excellent corner to corner sharpness when stopped down a bit; less field curvature issues than most zooms in its class.
Summary: Best value zoom for landscape work; not as well suited for other types of photography.
Overall
Owner since: 6 years
Price: $350
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Low distortions, excellent sharpness.
Pros: Build quality could be better. Now its on pair with the kit lens.
Summary: Very good lens, if you are treating your gear not too harshly.
Overall
Owner since: 3 years
Price: £200
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Non
Pros: until pentax brought the 16-50 da* out there was no other option, most Pentaxians who own this this Lens Love it mine rarely comes off my K10D GP Ltd
Summary: very Sharp, Constant appeture, now discontinued but its popularity is sch that i recentley recieved an offer for more than i paid for it new!!
Overall
Owner since: 2 years
Price:
User profile: Amateur
Cons: c.a
Pros: very good zoom for price
Summary: 16-45
Overall
Owner since: 2 years
Price:
User profile: Amateur
Cons: good zoom
Pros: no
Summary: 12_24
Overall
Owner since: 1 year
Price:
User profile: Professional
Cons: it's a zoom, not too fast. 45 mm is on the short side
Pros: very good build and optical quaility. Good feeling of quality , Pentax feeling
Summary: a fine 16-76,5 mm lens.