I read somewhere that the Star in the Pentax lenses stands for APO, so it should apply to the apochromatic lenses. But I may be wrong...
I don't know the exact techanical differences, but Pentax & Nikkor use ED, while Sigma use APO.
Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
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