It's a lot better built than DA18-55. In fact, it feels quite solid. It has some barrel distortion at the short end, but not much in it's class. Not much compared to DA*16-50, either. Sharpness is good. I have made A3+ printouts from it and they are as sharp as they can get. Focusing is fast and quiet. Manual focusing is it's weak point. I will definitely recommend it over DA18-55.
Stig Vidar Hovland -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter McIntosh Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: New Pentax 18-135: any experiences? Hi guys, It's time to update the ist-DL with something better. To this end, I'm going camera shopping this Saturday. A K5 body and grip are definitely on the list, and I'm seriously considering the new 18-135 zoom to go with it. I'd be interested though, to hear feedback from anyone who might already have this lens, or has tried it out in some way or form. What say you of its capabilites? Oh - totally uninformed banter also most welcome... :-) Regards, Pete Mac in sunny Melbourne -- 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. -- 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.
