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18-135mm lens advice Pentax or Sigma AF

Started May 1, 2012 | Discussions thread
emem
emem Veteran Member • Posts: 4,430
Re: I bought the DA18-135 last year but ....

citrontokyo wrote:

I care much about image quality and resolution, and I'm satisfied. So are many others on this forum and Pentax forums.

Or are you talking about resolution in the extreme corners?

No, I'm talking about overall sharpness and a certain "je ne sais quoi" (that's lacking) about the rendering. And I'm not trying to sound condescending when I say that many on this forum seem to be happy with images that are far from excellent. Perhaps it comes from accepting that their gear is not as expensive as some others so they don't have such high expectations. For example, the DA50-135 is a nice lens - it produces very nice images. Nothing less is acceptable to my eye. The only thing it lacks is a few millimetres at the wide end - hence my hopes for a really good 18-135. So that's my two bobs worth. (or two cents if you prefer).
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