I've had both, and I liked both lenses. The F version is much better
suited to autofocus, since it has a pretty loose manual focus feel,
and it has that particular bulky yet durable feeling plastic feel
that some of the F zooms have. The A lens is the one I kept (and my
only zoom right now) -- it's very compact, has a very nice focus feel
for an A zoom, and more than acceptable results. It may be a bit more
prone to flare, especially at the wide end, than some other Pentax
zooms and primes, but it's very useable. I also had the M 24-35,
which is probably a better zoom and has a slightly nicer feel, but
the zoom range was too limited for me.
I also like the A zoom because to me, at least, it's about as large
as a lens can get without starting to feel too front-heavy on the
compact bodies without winders, like the Super Program.
Joe
A question to the PDML knowledge base:
Any comments on these two lenses, please. Are they optically identical,
apart from the MF/AF issue? Any experience with either of these two Pentax
lenses?
Thanks
Jens
Jens Bladt
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