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JAZZer · 02-27-2007, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by celetron

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…

I saw on:

NED BUNNELL: Lens size: 16-50 vs 16-45

...that 16-50/2,8 have external zoom

....

... is the same case with 50-135/2,8 ????

02-27-2007, 08:13 AM	#33
JAZZer Junior Member Location: Zagreb, Croatia Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 39	Originally Posted by celetron 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… I saw on: NED BUNNELL: Lens size: 16-50 vs 16-45 ...that 16-50/2,8 have external zoom .... ... is the same case with 50-135/2,8 ????