Hello Jan, Good information. I just checked B&H and they seem to be in stock, so I ordered mine.
-- Bruce Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:20:16 AM, you wrote: JvW> Got a nice parcel yesterday with the DA 50-135. JvW> Have taken just a few dozen shots with it sofar, and the JvW> results look promising. Sharpness is good, but I had JvW> quite harsh midday lighting so can't say too much yet ... JvW> The feel of the lens is nice, it is heavy for its size, but much JvW> less than the Sigma 70-200 2.8 it is replacing of course :-) JvW> The build is great, feels very solid, the zoom and focus ring JvW> move smoothly without any play (a bit stiff actually). JvW> The hood is rather large, a bit too much for my taste and JvW> it is plastic (allthougy a bit sturdier than most others). JvW> A metal 67mm scre-in hood works too, but the one I have JvW> is a bit to short I think ... JvW> I tried it without the K10D firmware upgrade first, and it works JvW> just fine with the screwdriver AF, but is noisy as usual. JvW> Unfortunately I failed to time the AF for later comparison JvW> with the SDM :-( JvW> After upgrading the firmware, focusing seems about the same, JvW> perhaps a notch faster but not like twice as fast or so :-) JvW> It is really silent though, you can hear it if you are in a quiet room, JvW> but any sounds arround you and you won't notice anymore. JvW> Due to the 2.8 opening, you can really see the plane of focus wander JvW> through the scenery, and it is a bit weird to see that happening in almost JvW> total silence. It still has the Pentax way of AF, steady movement to the JvW> focus plane, then stop, and often a tiny correction to get spot on. JvW> Have not really timed it, but moving focus from 1 meter to infinity JvW> seems to take close to half a second. JvW> I'll probably use it quite a lot on my holliday the next few weeks JvW> and post some stuff on my gallery after that ... JvW> Regards, JvW JvW> ------------------------------------------------------------------ JvW> Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
