Hello Ralf & Rob,my copy of the 18-135 WR is extremely sharp. It is positively much much sharper than the 18-55 AL II or the WR lens - the AL II came with my new K20D and I bought the WR brand new - both from B&H. Contrast and color on the 18-135 WR is far superior too. I have attached links to casual photos taken at a recent get-to-gether at our house - blown 100% from a 7 MB shot - with the Pentax 18-135 WR on a K-5. Note: I have used the primitive screen capture method after blowing up the photo 100%. So may have lost a lot of sharpness Also my laptop used for the screen capture is some (5) years old. I can assure you photos will be much sharper and better on a test subject with a tripod, which I plan to do tomorrow. The K-5 with 18-135 WR was bought for CAD 1108 - CAD & USD almost at par - from Henrys of Toronto this January.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y2u0e14w64tl8u1/iWyqtCPDeS https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public/18-135%20WR Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. -- 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.
