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I just tried out the new Pentax DA 18-250mm at the Ace Photo Demo Day. I was very impressed with the reach and it handles nicely. There is one important thing you should know before buying this lens however...
It does NOT have the “
Quick-Shift Focus System”.
This means you cannot move the focus ring by hand when it is in autofocus. This is not really surprising since it is really just a rebadged Tamron. It is disappointing though. Frankly MFinAF is one of my favorite features in the DA lenses so I guess I will be skipping this one until or unless they update it to allow manual focusing while in AF mode.
If this feature doesn't matter to you it is a very nice little lens with incredible reach.
Last edited by MRRiley; 11-17-2007 at 12:29 PM.