Last night I went to PHOTOVISION In Athens (Greece) where Pentax had samples from DA* 16-50/2.8 and DA* 50-135/2.8. The 50-135 was actually a working sample but not finished one. The AF on K10D was fast as hell....!?!?!?! Unfortunately, I could not take it away from the Pentax stand and so I have no pictures captured with that lens (all of them were quite blurry ones since my hands were shaking a lot and the place was quite dim there).
The 16-50/2.8 on the other hand was not a functional sample.
In general I would say that that both lenses are big but also light ones… Their build construction seems fine (better than DA ones but not as solid as Limiteds.)
I cannot say that this is a safe verdict about the build construction since the samples I saw are not the final ones and maybe I am not fair since when I say they are not like limiteds I mean that they are not made of metal… anyways here are the lenses:
16-50/2.8 - 50-135/2.8 - 50/1.4
and some photos with
10-17
10-17
100/2.8 macro
77/1.8 Lmd (the guy was still painting her...) damn lucky guy
77/1.8 Lmd
