It's a nice little lens. At $130 or whatever they are selling for now they are a bargain. When it comes to superwides it blows the Vivitar 19mm away with better color, contrast, and flare resistance. The lens construction seems solid, but the aperture ring on mine turns about 1/2 stop past F22 - which doesn't stop down the lens anymore, but does affect metering. My lens cap broke within a week, one of the springs fell out but the cap still works ok. Also, the aperture ring doesn't quite line up right for cameras with the optical aperture window (KX, MX, some Ricoh bodies). The lens comes with 4 filters, clear, red, yellow, and green. A filter must be installed for proper focus. The filters are useful for B&W, but for color you'd just use the clear and let the others collect dust. Changing the filters is a PITA.
Despite the couple of problems I have had, I still say the lens is a bargain, and I recommend it. Todd At 01:58 PM 11/12/01 -0700, you wrote: >Any comments on this lens? Good, bad, mediocre? > >Thanks. > >Tom C. >- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
