Pentax SMC DA 18-55MM F3.5-5.6 AL WR Pro Reviews

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Performance-wise it is capable of delivering decent results although it's nothing to rave about either. The corner quality is a certain weakness at 18mm specifically at max. aperture and this is also amplified by a fairly strong field curvature here. Stopping down to f/8 is therefore advisable. That's also a good idea to reduce the amount of vignetting at this setting. The lens is pretty sharp in the middle range to upper range if you stop down just a little bit. Lateral CAs are very well controlled and better than usual. The very noticeable barrel distortion at 18mm and slight pincushion distortion at 55m are rather typical for such a kit zoom lens again. So to summarize it's not an obvious choice but a viable one.

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Jun 08, 2011

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