I love my 50-135 (I never checked its focusing ability though). IMHO, this lens is very good for portraits, especially candid ones, where you are shooting from a distance. It is also very reasonable when you are shooting people in relatively dim light. This lens is in my "main set" (along with 3 primes and 17-70) that travels with me practically everywhere where I take my DSLR. I even stopped taking 18-250 in favor of 50-135, when I am not very likely to need the long end of the zoom.
I am not sure if it is well suited as a "tele" lens for other types of work. I don't think it is good for macro either, but I never tried it in that capacity. Igor Wed Dec 4 13:19:04 EST 2013 steve harley wrote: on 2013-12-04 6:36 CollinB wrote > Anyone here use this lens? > Opinions? i have one, acquired in a bundle this summer; my opinion so far is that it isn't a good match for my type of shooting . i am trying to like it but i just can't warm up to using it much, and my reasons are completely independent of the IQ it is big & heavy, plus it doesn't focus close, so i wind up using the 50-200 WR when i want telephoto, and Sigma 105mm when i want macro; before i sell it i need to take the 50-135 on a road trip to see how i like it in that context; i also just ordered some auto extension tubes in part to see how they perform on this lens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
