G.T.Addison - . . . by keeping the range of zoom low Pentax made a very useful, highly portable, fine quality lens . . .
George Stanley - . . . Really, Really Excellent! . . .the designers were able to achieve really superb optical performance.
Shel Belinkoff - My least favorite lens. . . It's too "soft" for my taste, . . . and too big and bulky . . .
Dave Weiss -. . . it never has disapointed me. It always renders sharp and contrasty prints.
FstopTraveler - . . . superlative . . .
Sas Gabor - It's one of my favorite optics on my LX. I found the results sharp an contrasty even wide open.
Forget about the third review, no way this lens is "big and bulky", I have a copy and it's small and stealthy!