12-07-2010, 04:00 PM
I've had two copies of the 16-50mm (had to sell the first one due to financial issues, nothing else. Which is why I bought a new one recently). Both are great.
I've mostly used the lens at f/5.6 to f/11 though, for landscape, and the sharpness is amazing. Haven't used it properly on the K-5 yet, which has 60% more pixels compared to the K10D (which is the camera I used with my first copy of the 16-50mm), but the amount of sharpness on the K10D makes me believe it will work very well on the K-5 as well.
The colors and the way it draws bright light sources is top notch, which is the main reason I bought it again:
Sharpness is OK, but the way a lens draws the bright light sources is much more important for me, there's darkness here most of the winter, so it's good if street lights look nice <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I've mostly used the lens at f/5.6 to f/11 though, for landscape, and the sharpness is amazing. Haven't used it properly on the K-5 yet, which has 60% more pixels compared to the K10D (which is the camera I used with my first copy of the 16-50mm), but the amount of sharpness on the K10D makes me believe it will work very well on the K-5 as well.
The colors and the way it draws bright light sources is top notch, which is the main reason I bought it again:
- http://netrex.deviantart.com/art/Shadowcaster-115898799
- http://netrex.deviantart.com/art/Statoil-at-Night-111721673
- http://netrex.deviantart.com/art/Shell-at-Night-111720351
- http://netrex.deviantart.com/art/City-by-Night-104725259
- http://netrex.deviantart.com/art/Under-Construction-104726036
Sharpness is OK, but the way a lens draws the bright light sources is much more important for me, there's darkness here most of the winter, so it's good if street lights look nice <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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