Originally posted by panoguy
Ciao Mauro,
The focus (if you call it that) is either completely off (you are focused at the closest focus distance) or the lens is badly de-centered. I wouldn't accept any new wide-angle lens with that quality.
But, before you send it back, two questions:
1) You shot at f/2.4 at 1/8000 of a second - did you intend to shoot the lens aperture wide open? (If not, does the lens have an aperture lever sticking out of the back for Pentax mounts? Meaning you can control aperture from within the camera.) The reason I ask is because most lenses are sharper stopped down a bit, and wide-angle views of landscapes or architecture need even more than that (like f/5.6 or f/8). You can hand-hold it down to a shutter speed of 1/125, so a smaller aperture (higher f number) should be no problem...
2) For that shot, was the focus scale (if there is one) at or near "infinity" (which is the end of the scale)? If the lens focuses beyond infinity (many do), that may be part of your problem. Take some test images at infinity and a bit less than all the way out, to see if there's a difference.
HTH
Thank @panoguy for your answers and your comments!
1) was intentional, this lens was supposed to have good sharpness also wide open, and I thought that by having the highest aperture I could actually evaluate if I was having at least part of the image with good focus... was it a stupid thought?
2) you are correct: this picture was taken at infinity or close to that. But notice that this is the SHARPEST picture I got out of a set of 10 pictures taken with small adjustments in the focus. So my impression is that I don't really get anything better if I focus in the vicinity of that focusing point....

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Originally posted by Adam
Did you use live view with magnification to verify the focus?
Thank you @Adam for your answer.
I will make another test where I focus using live view and I will upload the result as soon as I have time. Will be nice if you can look at that too, then!