G'day all Thanks for all of the feedback. I've passed the info on to my son. The ball is now in his court!
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Wed, 11 May 2011 22:13 +0300, "Bulent Celasun" <bulent.cela...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the * 50-135mm. > It failed a few weeks after the warranty period. > The SDM died. > Until that time I have not used it for more than a couple of times > (less than ten, I believe). > Unfortunately, Pentax strictly forbids using it as a screw driven lens > on recent bodies. > The screw drive mechanism sits there in perfect order but this does > not make one happy! > > Optically, it is simply superb. > > Ergonomically, it is fine. > > Autofocus is not stellar (slow), SDM (at least as implemented on this > lens) is terrible. > > I have dropped mine a few months after it was fixed in Germany. > Now, it is my most expensive manual zoom lens :( > > Bulent > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun > > > > > 2011/5/11 Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com>: > > On 11-05-11 2:06 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > >> > >> G'day all > >> > >> My son is looking at this lens for his K20D. > >> > >> The reviews look good but I'm just wondering if anyone here has any > >> experience with it. > > > > Brian, I can't recommend it more highly. Superb optics and handling. > > > > The few negatives are typical for a physically large lens, but I suppose > > also "the SDM issue". Mine failed after almost 2 years and was fixed gratis > > under the warranty. Despite that I'm still a Pentax fan-boy. :-) > > > > I have 125 shots with it in my Flickr stream: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/tags/smcpda50135mmf28edifsdm/ > > > > Lightroom tells me I've taken 10,043 shots with it altogether, of which at > > least a few are keepers. > > > > -bmw > > > > -- > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
