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Very decent build quality but nothing special optically

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Thanks for the interesting review. This is a very nice kit lens, and the price is more than reasonable, especially when bought bundled with the K-5.



I think it may be worthwhile to mention that other than the weather sealing the other most obvious differences from competing (e.g. Canon/Nikon/Sony) kit lenses are the metal lens mount, included lens hood and distance scale. I'm not aware of any other kit lens that matches this level of features.

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Very decent build quality but nothing special optically

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I think that "cost cutting measurements" should be "cost cutting measures"... no?
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I think that "cost cutting measurements" should be "cost cutting measures"... no?

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Probably ... :-)
[quote name='boren' timestamp='1307509066' post='9069']

Thanks for the interesting review. This is a very nice kit lens, and the price is more than reasonable, especially when bought bundled with the K-5.



I think it may be worthwhile to mention that other than the weather sealing the other most obvious differences from competing (e.g. Canon/Nikon/Sony) kit lenses are the metal lens mount, included lens hood and distance scale. I'm not aware of any other kit lens that matches this level of features.

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Well, it is mentioned in the introduction part.

Frankly it's not a killer feature for such a light weight lens though. :-)