[finaldesignrb]

Klaus, just bought the Pentax 18-55mm AL II. It's kind of a bubble gum lens, underwhelming in terms of resolution at the long end. Actually quite sharp at 18mm, at least in the center. Goodly amount of lateral color at 18mm too, though after simplistic correction not very noticeable. Mechanical focusing real easy and accurate despite smallish, slightly hot focusing ring.



Am just going to use it as a somewhat-more-flexible-than-a-prime $115 F3.5 wide angle lens on my Nex, it is so inexpensive someone might think it a good value just for that. But is it any better than the Nex e-mount at the wide end? Hmm, I think a bit less lateral color. Wish I had gotten the WR sealed version from B&H for $35 more. My interest in it is that I don't have to change Nex adapters to use it along with another K-mount lens that am quite fond of.



Was surprised that a Rainbow Imaging $25 Nex-Pentax adapter works pretty well to control the DA lens aperture mechanically, despite the real short travel of the adapter control ring. The tiny clicks actually sort of mean something like an F-stop or so.



I know it's against your policy to accept lenses from overseas, but am offering to send you this 220 or whatever grams lens if you want to look at it, anyway, if it will help the 'Zone. Can live without it for a few weeks, I'll pay for the postage back to me too.