Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens test / review by Photozone
The German testing website Photozone has tested the standard zoom lens Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM on a Pentax K-10 DSLR camera body. Pentax has an impressive number of standard zoom lenses and the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens is their fifth. This lens have an interesting range and good price at about $499.
Photozone ends up giving the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens a pretty good verdict as the lens has very good resolution. The vignetting and distortion is about average for the lens, and there is not much chromatic aberration. The build quality of the Pentax lens is very good and so is the auto focus.
Seems like Pentax has produced a very neat lens with the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM.
Read the full review of the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens here.
