dpnaiba
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And just a couple of pics I took over the weekend to prove it...
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Man ... the 18-135 really stinks ;)
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ozdean
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It stinks if you haven't got one,
viking79
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Maybe it is just me or is my English, but I do not get the point - is it a good or bad lens?
I don't blame you for questioning this thread Ron. IMO it is the thread title that sucks.
I think what the OP intended is with the little winky smiley thingy at the end of the title is supposed to mean the opposite of what was written. Not everyone will understand that is what was meant. Very poor thread title and text in the body IMO.
Cheers.
Ron
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mike703
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Like brandrx said - the title is ironic. The 18-135 had a poor review (on photozone.de) when it first came out. A lot of people who have used it in practice rather than to shoot test charts have found it better than the review suggested and very good for what it does... i.e. not getting perfect corner sharpness at all apertures, but being an ideal flexible / weather resistant lens for 'real world' shooting. As the photos show very clearly.
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Jim in Hudson
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And to add to that, there's been much speculation that the lens Photozone tested was inferior if not defective, despite some statement of "in specification" by Pentax Germany. The results just don't line up with what virtually everyone else has seen from this lens.
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viking79
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Photozone is pretty harsh on superzooms because they are being compared to expensive primes on the same scale. The bottom line is don't give reviews a whole lot of attention for superzoom lenses. I started reviewing my Nikkor 28-300 and gave up as the numbers were so terrible but I still liked the lens. Looking at Photozone review and the lens looks fine for how many people would be using such a lens.
Eric
Larry Buck
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Just being introduced to my new 18-135 lens.
Fun for walking around.
Street scene in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Larry Buck
Fun for walking around.
Street scene in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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dpnaiba
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I'm sorry guys, you are of course right.
The truth is that for my needs it is a very good lens and a very practical one too!
The truth is that for my needs it is a very good lens and a very practical one too!
Hi dpnaiba,
Here is the way I see these kinds of thread titles. If someone is thinking of buying the Pentax 18-135 and then does a search for "Pentax 18-135", up pops this thread title which then indicates that the lens sucks and might cause the searcher to fail to look further into what they might find.
A great many of us, myself included, are guilty of doing similar things and we really should think deeper at the ramifications of what we do before we do it.
Hopefully not much harm has been done in this case.
Cheers.
Ron
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