Hands-on with the two DA* zoom lenses :D

[fengwei]

Finally got chance to hold the two long waited DA* zoom lenses in my own hands (thanks to Shriro btw ). These are beauties, believe me. Very well built, although the barrels are obviously plastic. Focusing is quite and pretty fast (but not super fast). The lenses don't feel as big or heavy as I thought, actually they are quite light, and balanced very well with K10D+Battery Grip.

Enough reviews and reports on these two lenses already, so I'll just show some pictures

It was raining when I got the lenses, what a perfect way to test out both the K10D camera and the weather sealed lenses

Before the shootout:




After:

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Perfect setups for shooting in the rain:

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Well, the K100D w/ kit lens is TINY comparing with the K10D+DA1650:

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Here are some quick snaps by the DA*50-135 in the rain (all full crop resized with some minor PPing, EXIF should remain intact):

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And here is one of my favorites:

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These two pretty girls passed by when we were shooting around:

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The weather wasn't really good for testing out a wide angle lens, but it performed quite well I'd say:

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And here is our Pentax headquarter in Singapore:

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...just go and buy them at the COMEX, you won't be disappointed


And don't forget to buy the K10D GP LE too






Cheers to all!

[VSonic06]

Originally Posted by fengwei

Wow you shot till the lens "smoked"

[gchiam]

simply beautiful, both the equipments & photos

[SpendorK]

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Originally Posted by VSonic06 Wow you shot till the lens "smoked"

Didn't notice that ... very nice, isn't it

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by gchiam simply beautiful, both the equipments & photos

Thanks. The lenses are indeed very beautiful, take great photos too. Best of all, they are weather sealed, great for shooting in the rain or by the sea

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Originally Posted by SpendorK

Many thanks K

[istDeS]

Originally Posted by fengwei Thanks. The lenses are indeed very beautiful, take great photos too. Best of all, they are weather sealed, great for shooting in the rain or by the sea

Nice. Hope i can get my hand on the 16-50 soon.

[gchiam]

Hi fengwei, did u shoot in raw or jpeg? Any pp done on those photos? Thanks.

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by istDeS Nice. Hope i can get my hand on the 16-50 soon.

You can, if you go to the COMEX tomorrow, and if you are willing to pay for it

Really worth the cost imo...