Yup. I had it for two years. I finally was glad to sold it, even if at a loss.
Are you thinking on the mf or af version? I had the mf only. Anyway, it sucked wide open, especially wide end. Completely unusable except small prints: wide open: 1) soft, even to point to make focusing difficult (also noted by other users as well) 2) colour fringing a lot on the corners 3) esp. at wide end soft. Tele end was _reasonable_ but not very good either closed down: gained somewhat, nice zoom at 5.6-8, but what's the point of having a big 2.8 zoom if it's good only two stops down and is hard to focus because of softness wide open!?! Colour fringing was evident always. the ASPH element apparently wasn't much helping. Build quality: Not excellent either. The lens, although made of tough polycarbonate, started having some play in the focus mechanism (mind you, after heavy PJ usage of 1.5 year), therefore, the sharpness deteriorated. All in all, I wouldn't recommend it, after my experience. Also, it focuses only to 1m, not closer. This lens clearly isn't up to the SP badge (I have also the 3.5/70-210 SP Tamron, which is really excellent and almost up to my primes). The Pentax 35-105/3.5 would be, by all means, a much better and probably quite cheaper choice. Or a tokina if you need 2.8 zoom. Frantisek Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 6:17:18 PM, wayne wrote: wmoj> any one had any experiences with this lens? wmoj> what is it like wmoj> anygood? wmoj> wayne wmoj> - wmoj> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, wmoj> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to wmoj> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
