It preforms quite good from 28mm to 150mm and very good from 50mm to 70mm.
I would not get the lens for his 250mm capability, you're better of with the DA 55-300 then.

In truth I don't think you will have more resolving power then what you've with the DA18-55 + DA50-200 you already have.
And yes it was handy to have that range of the lens but I always found that I was carrying my DA40 and DFA100 with me as well and I only used them mostly.

I've maybe 60 shots in total with the DA18-250 of the 8 months I had the lens. I simply never liked the lens, image quality was good though but I found it simply not a nice lens to work with it. You might be different though and there are members liking the lens but I'm also not the only one who doesn't feel right with the lens.

Since you already have the DA18-55 + DA50-200 I would not get the DA18-250. It would either make one or two lenses useless so why not look for a prime. DA35 has some very satisfied users here that use it as an walk around lens.
Of course you might miss some shots missing the range but I'm sure you will find just as many shot with the DA35 as you would with the DA18-250 when you make a hike.


Here are some shots with the DA18-250, all full resolution and all processed on the computer, I've the clean raw files if you want them.
Will also send you some clean files of the primes I've if you ask

This is the best shot I made with the lens, it's at 18mm



at 250mm



at 250mm



at 250mm



ps. if it takes some while to load then I'm sorry for that also some have issues with the resizing as well, also sorry but it isn't my fault.

I had it and sold it.
It's a good lens for a super zoom but I didn't find it a fine lens to work with and the zoom range is so big that you just don't know what you want to do with it, well at least I had that problem.
So I sold it and bought a DA*50-135 for it instead, very strange maybe but I find that a better walk around lens for me then the 18-250 was.

Since a Canadian tried it might this be it
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There is also something like Ponzo Sauce but that is i believed spelled incorrectly and must be ponzu link
Ponzu is eat able, even very good but it's Japanese so strange they serve it with pizza.

... and the noise would be just as bad as the snow on the tv

Just kidding but it would only be effective if the noise isn't that bad though or else it's just a gimmick really, a number to draw attention to the camera.

Stu read bigcog 3rd comment.

Thank you for clearing that up Ken.
We hardly celebrate Halloween because we have St. Martin's Day on the 11th and that's almost the same, well not really but children also ask for candy at the doors and we don't want to spoil them that bad

In some places there are some bonfires I believe on that day (1 November) but those would be at midnight so after closing of the comp

Yes that's true, we are quite proud about our Sinterklaas, it's our Santa Claus (see the similarities?) to say it very simple.

Did you also do some filming about the arriving of Sinterklaas in his steamship?
It's the first Saturday after St. Martin's Day.

If we also did have Halloween the children would get 3 times in a short amount of time free candy, since with the arriving of Sinterklaas they also get candy.

Very true but I didn't have a white shirt with me when I was at my girls and mothers place.
I'm just home for two days.
But to be honest I hardly enter those comps, only did it twice so far.

But GivingTree, dr. Mhuni, Tony-O, JudithAnn and Aki did enter so almost 50% of the entrance of last comp wouldn't have been able to enter it.

Since I was early and no one else commented I thought to comment as fast as I can to make some things clear, if someone would have comment over 2 days then it might have been harder to edit the topic a bit.
So it has nothing to do with spoiling the fun or acting as a police men, just wanted to be fair for everyone and Tim had already provided the answer.

Tim, sorry I took "old fire photos" literal, I was already thinking because you said in the third paragraph the dates at which the photo must be taken.

We can make bonfires here the 5th Tim but we need to ask permission, I could try it though... but the government isn't that efficient to do it in 14 days probably

Are you sure TTL is working since the K10D does not support TTL you see

But Aki they don't celebrate Halloween that's on 31 October, they celebrate Guy Fawkes Night in the UK and in the UK colonies, but besides that hardly any country does it, it's an English custom.

Yes we could make photos of flames but that is beside the Bonfire night theme right?

I wonder if we would get any objection if we would do Pakjesavond as a theme.
Pakjesavond is custom that goes together with sinterklaas and is done on 5 December, if you wonder.

yes that I know but I've the Pentax lens folder of 2008 from photokina and there is no quick shift icon with the normal model, probably a error.
Since I don't have the lens I just wanted to know for sure, that's all