Hi, > Sylwester wrote: > > You are right, but it also confirms what I said. Still Bojidar's > site needs to be updated, just because almost every new lens > (like cheapo FA 35-80/4-5.6) from Pentax features ghostless > coating - not only the high end ones. Even older lenses has this > coating - just look at FA 28-70/4.
Alin Flaider wrote: > 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. > > 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. Well, I went to the USA site today, and searched for "ghostless". All that came up was: 24-90, 28-105/3.2-4.5, FA35/2, and FA200 Macro. I've updated my internal KMP version. There was also one more match on the USA site, and it was a press-release about the FA35-80/4-5.6 as well as FA100-300/4.7-5.8. Curiously, the ghostless coating was only mentioned on the 35-80 lens, and I assume that this is a mistake. Sylwester, you would not believe how many mistakes there are in these press-releases and product catalogs!!! After the changes that I made today (not yet visible for you guys), I will not modify the KMP until I get some more consvinsing evidence. Cheers, Boz
