I haven't been too excited about this, it's the aps-c functional
equivalent of the 28-200mm a lens that as a class fails to impress.
The preview, (I wouldn't call it a review) actually is nicely positive,
but I question the reviewers judgment when he states, "...the lenses
that most closely resembled it were the 17-70mm F4 and the 18-250mm
F3.5-6.3, *both of which have different uses*." (Emphasis mine). Well
no not really, at least in the case of the 18-250, they are pretty much
designed for the same usage, a lens that covers everything you're
likely to shoot.
Additionally he displays a lack of historical perspective since the
28-200mm wasn't a cheap lens when introduced, not only being more
expensive, when inflation is taken into account, and a larger percentage
of the kit's cost, when taking into account the difference in price of
the cameras it was designed for.
He mentions a nit, the reversed positions of the focus and zoom rings
vis-à-vis the normal Pentax practice, which I doubt will bother it's
target audience as they will most likely never own another lens.
On 11/29/2010 5:30 AM, Thibouille wrote:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax_18-135mm_review.php
Not a thorough review IMO but interesting none the less.
In brief, the AF seems in good step up from previous SDM
implementations. It may not be state of the art but is fairly faster
than SDM lenses. They were very surprised.
The performance is, of course, limited by the type of lens, there's no
wonder. But still, for such kind of lens it seems quite good.
Better than usual Tammy 18-200 et all.
The price is high but seems justified. It is a mid level lens, not a
cheap kit glass.
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