on 17.12.02 12:13, Alin Flaider at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alin, > I wouldn't rely on this when buying a FA 28-70/4. Mine was > manufactured several years ago before the first "ghostless SMC" lens > was officially acknowledged, and I doubt very much my sample has the > new type of coating (not that it is a flare lagger ;o) ). I suppose > this is the case with most batches of this lens, especially that > it's been discontinued for some time now. well "oficially" many informations arrive from Japan to America and Europe for many months :-) But you are right, first bunch of 28-70/4 could have "normal" SMC and they could add ghostless coating later, as this is clearly stated on Japanese site in short info for this lens. But there is for instance relatively new FA 35-80/4-5.6 and FA* 200/4 Macro, which are supposed to have ghostless coating from the begining. Look at the press releases from USA site: http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=39 http://www.pentaxusa.com/news/news_display.cfm?pressid=32 Unfortunately no info on this on Boz site at both lenses... I still think our main page could be updated, if only Boz will find time (anyway it was a great effort to make this magnificient site possible!)
> Generally speaking, only the newest batches of the older lenses may > be ghostless SMC coated, and there is no way you could know this for > a fact before buying, even new. You can only be sure only of the > glass released after the 43 limited. So I guess Boz site is less > misleading like it is right now. The newest batches of older lenses and almost every new lens is coated using ghostless coating. That's the conclusion :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
