Pentax 50-135 SDM

I would have paid £20 for the MKII kit lens if I had seen this earlier.

Mine is also not WR.?? I think that they have dropped a clanger on the Web page. What was shown WAS the WR lens. More importantly, the 50-135 is OK.

I have sent them an email just now.

So once I get back at Xmas, its either Waxoil or clingfilm, then its WR.

Regards

I swear by sdm. I've gotta 16-50 and it's a weapon. Absolutely faultless. If i had they cash i'd love to accompany the 16-50 with the 50-135. Go on, do it. You'll find unbeatable prices on ebay through prodigital 2000. They are a very reliable co. in canada. I get a stack of stuff though em and pay half the european prices

I doubt you would ever use it once yo find a DA 16-45mm f4.

On a GX10 you'll notice no difference between the MK1 18-55 and the MK2 versions. Samsung, Pentax, same lens, but the MK2 was designed for the higher resolution capabilities of the K20D/GX20.

Peter you think very highly about the DA18-55 lenses I wonder why you have the DA16-45 or DA*16-50 since the DA18-55 is already using all the resolving power of the sensor so those lenses can't be sharper on a K10D

The DA18-55 is a tiny bit shaper in the centre but the big difference is in the corners, there is quite a lot of difference there between the two.

I don't agree with this at all. Even on my *ist D I could tell the difference between the 31mm and other quite sharp lenses.

It is a myth that having a sharper lens makes no difference on a smallish sensor.

G

It checked Gareth. I did state in an email to them that I wanted the WR lens shown in the centre picture and not the MkII.I suppose that I should have known it would not be a WR lens as they WERE shedding their Pentax stock and probably have had these for quite a while.

Gareth, you will easily get your money back from them OR here as it's still worth 20 quid to some one who wants one.

Regards

SRS have the 18-55 WR for £49.00

Jim

Mine will probably go up for grabs. 20 quid for the WR was worth it as I didn't need the lens but would have let the original one go. Now I have two!!

Hmmmmmmm araldite, two zoom rings, twice the length?

Better still, leave the lens cap on and spray it red while its on my K10D. A Kx clone......

The DA 18-55mm kit lenses, MK1 & 2 are very capable lenses. I still own a MK1 version but it sits in its box unused. I also had, then sold, a MK2 version. The DA16-45mm lens beats them both for image quality and the DA*16-50mm is in a different league altogether. Both the 16-45 and 16-50 are also constant aperture zooms, which I prefer.

RE. my comment about their respective resolving capabilities, I was quoting sales blurb from Pentax from when they introduced it. I have very little experience of the two 18-55mm lenses. I've used the MK1 briefly before acquiring the 16-45mm, the MK2 version was sold in brand new, unopened condition.

Why have I got both 16-45 and 16-50mm lenses? I have a K10D & DA16-45mm kit in UK so that I don't have to waste my luggage allowance when I return. The 'big guns' are with me in Spain.

Wasn't attacking you Peter was only a bit surprised you said that you wont notice a difference between the two lenses because the K10D can't handle sharper lenses then the 18-55 MK1 kit lens.
Maybe it's the way I read it in combination with the way you worded it since I don't believe you meant that.