[Klaus]

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I suppose you'll be testing the DA 18-135 after you get the camera back?

Or did you happen to perform the test already?



What are your preliminary thoughts regarding the IQ of this lens? Does it seem better or worse than the Nikkor 18-135?



Thanks!

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I did only a quick sanity test to check whether the lens is reasonably well centered. Seems as if I got a good copy.

(Very) subjectively it seems to be quite sharp actually.



However, I will not dare to compare it to other lenses just based on these very preliminary impressions.

The AF is slow. That's a point maybe. And the build quality is above average (in the true sense).