Hi, Since I was interested in the new 18-135 zoom, and more after having seen in person how (relatively) compact is, I was impatiently awaiting the Photozone test. Some preliminary comments were not very promising and the final test has confirmed the worst predictions: http://www.photozone.de/pentax/597-pentax_18135_3556?start=2
As a summary, I just copy a couple of notes placed at the end of the test: "Just to mention again - we couldn't believe the rather poor performance so we asked the local Pentax service in Hamburg/Germany for an assessment of the situation. Result: the lens is within factory specifications." "After the friction this has caused in the community I will request a statement from Pentax once again why they think that this is a valid sample." -- 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.
