It is *very* sharp and contrasty. I love mine. As a walkaround lens, it's almost perfect (far superior to 16-50, which is quite heavy and has 77mm filter)
mishka On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:20 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: Opinions about DA 17-70/4 SDM wanted > > >> Hi! >> >> I don't recall any significant discussion of this lens. Anyone owning it? >> Or is it the general opinion of this list, that this lens is of insufficient >> quality? How about distortion at 17 mm? > > Does the word Hoover mean anything to you? > Seriously, it's sharp and contrasty enough, but the barrel distortion is > awful. > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
