1. If I had to choose one; No brainer; the innocuous little DA. 18-135 WR.
I don't take the bigger DA* 16-50 and 50-135 on vacation anymore because they not always discernibly better in "holday light" than this much underated little Gem

2, Best prime by miles for me, DA*200mm:[b]
This lens is so wonderfully, compact, fast and blisteringly sharp


3. The My Best Telezoom is the new HD 150-450.
This zoom has consigned DA* 300 + HD 1.4x to the draw . I never thought I would see a telezoom make a DA* 300mm prime Telephoto obsolete but optically, it undoubtedly lives very comfortably alongside this iconic 300mm. This big zoom Prevented me recently migrating to the very expensive pro-spec' Nikon/Canon 400s for a wildlife lens, after extensive field testing on a K3 IIs.

3 Best Non Pentax
Sigma (ART) 1.4 DG 35mm - As near to faultless performer I have eber owned
Sigma 1.4 DG 85 mm Ditto
Note: Both ABOVE ARE DG lensev - FF Compatible so can!t wait to try on upcoming FF

4. Mt "GoTo" Macro Tamron SP 90mm - Seen off a Sigma and two Pentax macros in recent years

However overall. "Last lens Standing" for me; the DA18-135 WR - Pentax's most underrated and usefull all rounder.

Any thoughts? ............................... Wow !!!!

Thanks for info guys.

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Do you know if it Ff compatible ?

Oh for 34c and a Koala of course , nice photo too

It should be included because my Canon toasts cards perfectly ( on occasions) usually after a spate of foreign travel !

Oh for film - no toasting there just cooked by light

There's been around 100 Pentax 35mm SLR's and APS C DSLR's since the Asahiflex of the 1950's up to the K3 and it's latest variant of today and no matter how much moaning there is about the difficult birth of the FF we will all want one, if not own one, just like we did some of those past icons from Pentax

As Pentax users we all wanted a Spotmatic, or an ME Super, Super A, LX, K10D, K7, K5(s) and so on, to name but a few from the wonderful lineage of "Pentax milestone cameras"; the the FF will be another milestone, regardless of its difficult birth.

I have moaned and whined more than most on PU too, particularly about the marketing and aftersales by Pentax; but not anymore; reflecting on the very astute commentary from MAG07 above; would we indeed like to pay for the "razzmatazz and hype" that flows like treacle from Canon for example or let Pentax cameras and lenses do the talking, at half the price, "spec for spec" in many cases ..

Pentax make "Tools"; Canon make good cameras, but some (if not most) models are a bit like the "Expensive Chelsea Tractors" of the camera world, supported by a dearth of glossy marketing and sales bumph in the process, whilst Canon agressively prise display space from many of their appointed dealers, relentlessly displacing competing brands, to maintain what can appear to be a stranglehold on the market.

In doing so they have to charge a premium on most, if not all , their products across the range; I don't care anymore though, because I won't buy another Canon (again).

As a Pentax enthusiast, I am going to enjoy another milestone when the latest "tool"; the FF eventually enters the fray, in it's final form and in good shape, ready to make the "Canikon Disciples" scratch their heads a little more (as always).

Those two photos supposedly from the FF don't mean anything really and I can't wait to see some typically wonderful images produced by PU's, posted on this forum when the Pentax FF camera gets into the right hands.

Needless to say, I am not sure if I need an FF, but I just hope I can afford one, in case my desire gets the better of me.

Sharpness of the 150-450; you can check it out in some of my portfolio shots - I think it is as sharp as a DA* 300

It is so good that even after 6 months of heavy use I still am amazed every time I use it.

Stunning piece of glass and it's a zoom; Just can't believe it

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Sitting here wanting to say something that appropriately compliments the photographic competence, , the technique and the wonderful result acheived in taking these photos having myself failed to even get a single shot that would stand alongside these, over many summers trying.

Marvellous, so well done; a subject for the HD150 -450 next summer ?

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