It's much better than here .... some say on 7x impressive sharp and bright, with 16x at least good! I think here what some confused! That this fine gutverarbeitete always with glass, you can not ... compare with ner Swaro fixed focal length with 10x80er portholes, does not seem to be clear here each! I had 5 different manufacturers zoom ordered for comparison and this is by far my small Pentax good value for money!