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Pentax smc DA 16-45mm f/4 ED AL

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A zoom lens by Pentax for APS-C cameras, 16-45mm f/4.

MakerPentax
Focal length16-45mm (zoom)
Maximum aperturef/4
Made forAPS-C sensors
MountsPentax K
Stabilisedno
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

142435508513520040080024-68mm equiv.16-45mm on APS-C
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
APS-C 24mm · 74°
How wide 16mm sees at its wide end on each sensor it covers.
f/4
f/4 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On APS-C (Pentax K): like 24-68mm on full frame; f/4 gives about the depth of field of f/6 there.
  • On the larger-sensor bodies of Pentax K: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.

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See what it frames: its view on the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.