Originally posted by PentaxPoke Oh here we go...why would you "hate" the 18-250? That makes no sense.
Originally posted by AndrewG NY I'm sure he meant 'hate' in a pretty casual sense. Just because I hate eating liver doesn't mean any liver-likers should take offense. Lots of gearheads (myself included) aren't particularly attracted to superzooms, preferring to buy/carry/switch multiple lenses in exchange for modest performance benefits.
Thanks, Andrew you sumed up pretty well my thoughts with the slight ammendement that IMO even the DA 18-55 II + DA 55-300 combo provide better performance for most of the range if not all and with better lenses the performance benefits aren't modest at all - obviously at far greather price. Besides like I said before in this thread Pentax should be ashamed by not having its own design and again IMO they need to come out with a motorised, weather sealed and better optically than 18-200 from the competition.
Radu