""I have used Pentax equipment for 30 years. When I heard that they were coming out with a 35mm Macro Limited for their digital sensor cameras I wondered who would ever buy this lens.



However, the more I thought about it the more I was intrigued with the potential uses for this lens. Yes, it could be used for 1:1 macro, but to me the practicality for such utilization is not all that practrical...though it is doable. It is in the natural close focusing ability of the lens and its superior performance and optics that make it such a versitile lens.



The image field is flat and without distortions. Color is richly intense with outstanding saturation and excellent contrast. CA's do not appear to be present and certainly are not field relevent. The all metal barrel is impeccably built and modest in size. AF is exceptionally fast and accurate even without a limiter. Manual focus is true and the focusing ring is perfectly dampened. The pictures from this lens are among the finest I have ever seen produced from any lens by any manufacturer.



Owning all the FA and DA Limiteds, I have to rank this as perhaps the best lens in the Limted series so far. I do believe that this will be one of the lenses that becomes a legend in its own time. Absolutely first rate manufacturing." "