Originally posted by Buddha Jones Lens tests should be on IQ, not gimmicky features. The Pentax should be given the same nod as the bodies that they go onto are SR enabled.
By and large, lenses should probably be graded on image quality, build quality, range/versatility, and price. As largely those are the things one has to include in choosing what compromises will be made in building your kit.
However, stabilization and availability are critical x-factors in the value of a lens. Pentax gets an automatic bonus on one, and generally suffers with regards to the other.
Most of the griping is solved by simply payign attention to the important bits. It doesn't seem that what you need to make a good choice is omitted from the review, so it isn't a particularly bad review.