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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pål Jensen
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 3:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Pentax FA* crap lenses
>
>
> Now I'm pissed off by the FA* lenses. Three out of four I've
> owned have had the metal window over the focusing scale loose
> right out of the box; brand new. One of my lenses needed internal
> cleaning after one year. Now my FA* 200/4 macro is gone busted.
> The window eventually fall off and got broken after my endless
> tries of gluing it propely in place with superglue. Even
> superglue wasn't powerful enough. Now my lens is full of glue
> marks and witout focus scale window. It isn't the metal thats the
> problem; its the glass part thats cannot be bent to fit the lens
> curvature. The metal part is absolute crap. It can teared to
> pieces with my fingers. So here you have (another) lens made
> partly of scrap metal glued in place with double sided tape! I
> mean, even if the window was properly in place, how long does
> double sided tape work under field conditions? This isn't worthy
> of an expensive Pentax lens and problem have existed for years now.
>
> Pål
>
This is why I love my (all metal and glass) Super-Multi-Coated Takumars so
much.....
JCO
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