Hi!
You're right, Boris. But it's not as sharp as I'd like it to be. I stick to f8-f16. An I sharpen at 126 ! It's hard to judge my the jpeg's. I must do some serious RAW shots one of these days :-) But the 18mm wideangle is so nice in situations like this :-) I must get myself a Sigma F.2.8/18-50mm or perhaps a Pentax 16-45mm. Or even better: A F.2.8/16-60mm (equal to 24-90mm) - prefereably for less than 500 USD :-)) Does such a lens exist?
I don't think Pentax introduced any DA f/2.8 zooms this far. I don't know how much sharpening is "at 126" but please explain what you mean.
My solution was to buy a prime lens, Sigma 18/3.5 PAWs of which you saw. I am yet to make large prints from this lens, but it looks reasonable. And as a prime it still has less glass elements in it, so it is quite good.
I suppose I'd be taking it with me to London trip as a wide angle. We'll see how it fares...
Boris
