I could try it in January during Pentax Dubai Desert Adventure. They said, the new version was designed to meet more precise sensors like 10.2 and 14.6MPix ones instead of old 6MPix ones. As you may know, older one is rather feeble with K10D (i.e the lens resolution was lower than sensor resolution), but works really fine with K100D. We used K20D cameras with 18-55 II lenses for two days and the results are ok. Not as good as with DA*'s I had with me, but ok. Compared to older DA18-55 the resolution is clearly higher and it's geometry is also a bit better.
BR, Margus Martin Trautmann wrote: > Hi all, > > the 18-55 kit lens might lack some quality compared to other, much more > expensive lenses. But AFAIK it does perform surprisingly well for its price > or value (about $50 to $100?). > > How is the difference to its current successor? > > = 18-55mm > = f 1:3.5-1:5.6 > - lenses 12 -> 11 > - groups 9 -> 8 > = distance 0.25 m > = fmin 22-38 > = filter 52mm > = length 67.5mm > = diameter 68mm > - weight 225 g -> 220 g > > Apart from the different label with an extra red "II" I do not see any > outside difference. Specs are almost identical, mainly one lens and one group > less, thus less weight and probably less manufacturing cost. > > Did they improve optical quality by omitting a lens? I guess it does improve > profit only. Are there any side-by-side comparisons? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
