Originally posted by lotech Hi
Ropuchy sorry to ask, did you get your K5 used or you bought without the lens ? it normally came with the 18-55WR I remember, because I want a wider range zoom I traded it for the 18-135, and I sold it later and purchased 2 lenses short and long for better image quality. As far as I remember one thing I notice on the lens there is vignetting at the wide end, and there is purple fringing at the long end which is quite normal on superzoom and can be corrected with on camera image correction feature, I can't remember if the K5 has this feature it is on the K3, but for the 18-55 you don't have to worry about that. And as a side note, if you get the K5 used, please take note the lens release button, it pop up off the camera quite easily, I lost the button and replaced while still under warranty, Pentax fixed that on the K3.
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If I remember right Tokina produced lenses for Pentax before, and I used one like 24-70/2.8 long time ago with film camera and the IQ was excellent, the image was slightly cool but very sharp, I specially like the push pull AF/MF switch over design... I don't know why Tokina no longer produce lenses for Pentax, and Pentax really need new lenses to support the system.
I bought my K-5 used off of this forum. It is in very good condition and was barely used, though.
It did not come with a lens. I had 6 manual lenses I had been using with my K1000, which I use with my K-5.
Thank you for telling me about the lens release button! I notice it's a bit wibbly-wobbly, so I could see it coming off if I was a bit rough with it.
---------- Post added 08-29-18 at 12:30 PM ----------
Originally posted by pxt At the summer comfort takes shot in rain is very nice option. In my country minimum quater of summer is rainy.
Ah ok. I get rain all summer long where I live, although it does take breaks.
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Originally posted by TER-OR I really like the 18-135. With any zoom like this you'll have issues, but it's a really nice little lens which performs very well for most uses. I use it a lot as a basic walkaround.
Yeah, 18-135 seems like it'd work great as a walk-around! I use my 28-70 as a walk-around, but I wish it could go a little wider and a little shorter.
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Originally posted by UserAccessDenied I owned both, and sold both.
I just prefer primes...
But the 18-135 was less impressive than the 16-85
Ah, alright.
Primes are nice, but being able to adjust the focal length can be really handy.
I like using my 50mm f2, but I'll bring along my 28-70 or 80-200 just in case I need something further away.