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5/20/2013
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$209.00
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cali4nia
Registered: May 2013
Posts: 5
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Pentax 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL IF SMC P-FA review by cali4nia
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Review Date: 5/20/2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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'happy' colors, lightweight
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Cons:
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on the soft side
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It's a very small and light lens, rather fast for its size. It has typical SMC Pentax 'happy' colors. The lens is plastic but feels ok. Some lenses were made in Vietnam, some in Taiwan. I had bad luck with the first, which was badly decentered, though I wouldn't generalize.
Optically, it's a mixed bad. On APS-C crop the lens is soft fully open, but get's better as it's closed down. Corners remain soft in my view at all apertures. On full frame the lens is very sharp in the center, but very soft outside APS-C crop at all apertures.
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joekashi
Registered: January 2008
Posts: 6
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Pentax 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL IF SMC P-FA review by joekashi
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Review Date: 5/15/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $209.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Small, sharp, convenient, inexpensive full frame
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Cons:
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None significant given price range
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This lens is very convenient for the K10 or K20. It is a full frame lens and so the digital sensor is within its sweet spot. It is small and light given its focal length and sharpness is very good. My first copy was decentered but the vendor replaced it within days of notification and the replacement lens generally has more very good image quality. This is a very worthwhile purchase to complement my Pentax 16-45 DA and currently is the only Pentax lens in this useful normal to 3.75X focal length range. It seems to only come in silver - all black would be nicer but of course this does not affect optical quality.
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