Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR : Specifications and Opinions

Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR

The Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2010. The focus is done by Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 549 €;

40 users have given it an average vote of 8.6 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Pentax: this lens is compatible with reflex APS-C Pentax.

Specifications
Focal lenght	18-135 mm
Angle of view	77.3 - 12.2° (equivalent to a 27-203mm in Fullframe 24x36mm format)
Format	APS-C
Max. aperture	f/3.5-5.6
Aperture blades	7
Lenses/Groups	13 elements in 11 groups
Min. focus distance	0.40 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.24x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	No
Focus	Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	62 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	405 g
Dimensions	73 x 76 mm
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Maurizio85

sent on 27 Luglio 2026

Pros: Excellent general quality, very pleasant focal range to use.

Cons: None; it's worth everything it costs when new.

Opinion: Bought new with 4 year Fowa warranty just over 3 years ago. Mounted on my Pentax K5 and never disassembled since. This combination is extraordinarily enjoyable. I had some doubts about the Chromatic Aberrations of this lens, declared a bit high on several tests on the net on the model just released on the market many years ago. They turned out to be emeritus nonsense (unless you compare it with lenses with an enormously higher cost) and in any case absolutely null if you insert the automatic correction on all Pentax camera bodies that allow it. It only required me a few minutes of adjustment at the beginning because of the focus ring in position unusual for me (unlike all the other lenses I have) but then I got along so well with everything that now the K5 has become the camera dedicated to this lens. Vote 10.

Emme Ph

sent on 15 Luglio 2024

Pros: Well built, good sharpness, tropicalized, lens hood included, not too heavy, with the K3 well balanced. Used can be found at super prices.

Cons: For now I haven't found any, it's an f3.5/5.6 but this is already known at the time of purchase, so needless to say (it's dark)

Opinion: Bought used at a really good price with seller's warranty, arrived as new, certainly new I would never have taken it separately, the price of new seems exaggerated to me, but this applies to all kit lenses, either you take them with the camera or it is not convenient. However, a well-made optic, robust and tropicalized, silent in the maf and also fast. I found the colors good and well contrasted, in any case I'm still trying it well. With my K3 it is well balanced, it does not extend much, it has a good grip of the tires to the touch. For now I am satisfied. It's my first Pentax, I come from years and years of working with other brands, now I've retired and I've taken away the satisfaction of getting a Pentax, which has always been in my thoughts.

Masnut

sent on 21 Dicembre 2021

Pros: Great versatility combined with good image quality, compactness, fast AF, quiet, WR

Cons: None evident

Opinion: I bought this lens for my needs of sports outings, reportage, events, and at the first exit it was put to the test hard: a rally race and a vertical climb race, in both situations it behaved magnificently, silently and with a great focal excursion, excellent image quality (which you do not expect in lenses of this type). The "smart" is just a smart lens for all occasions and being wr is the icing on the cake

Jacopo Maffei

sent on 20 Giugno 2018

Pros: Tropicalized (WR), compact and well-built, AF, image quality, lens hood provided.

Cons: Barrel effect at 18 mm, light chromatic aberrations backlight, f/3.5 at minimum focal.

Opinion: I update the review of this lens today (17/12/2018) in the light of its first birthday of the 10,000 shots celebrated with the Pentax K 70. I bought the lens together with the aforementioned machine prefering it right from the start compared to the 18-55 mm that usually completes the kit. Its strengths are the image quality (excellent), the well-known construction and solidity of Pentax House, the AF (for the category), the compactness (for the focal excursion that ensures), the tropicalization and also the ergonomics of the bezel (I happened to Use it a little damp or wet but has always maintained an excellent grip). As for the points against me I recorded both chromatic aberration in the backlight and a slight softness at 18 mm (I think it is right to report these aspects that remain, however, in my view, easily solvable in post production and certainly in Line with its price range). An aspect that in its time I had little considered but on which today I would reflect a little more, is the F/3.5. That makes you suffer if you want to photograph with little light and no flash. The lens hood is supplied, a look for anything discounted in other brands.

Lorenzo_rosa

sent on 12 Agosto 2017

Pros: Sharp, tropicalized, lightweight, little bulky, supplied hood (I come from Canon, never supplied except tamron).

Cons: For what I have to do anyone, maybe the vignetting 18mm but correctable and loses sharpness to the edges. IMHO, all things you can fly over.

Opinion: Used for just one full day: Great lens! Acquired with the k-70, crisp enough, more than adequate, light and extremely compact excursion to many smaller hiking lenses and above all it is tropicalized as the k70.rnVero that loses its edge Of clarity but overall I find it exactly the handyman I needed for hiking, weight, and footprint. Carried to my neck and backpack all day yesterday morning to night: I did not realize I had the picture car with me! What I was looking for! RnResults magnificent colors both in raw and in jpeg.rnAnd those who do not want to spend big digits and those who do not photograph, I recommend.

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