> My sample of the A35-70, purchased used and showing obvious signs > of use, has more slop in focusing than most of my primes, but is > tighter than any of my other zooms. This is one lens I regard as > more than adequate in build quality, despite the plastic bits.
Yes, I'd say that the build of my A 35-70/4 is entirely adequate. And, the lens does make up for its less-than-solid build with its optics - except for some barrel distortion at the wide end, I've found it to be a pretty darned good (even if unpretentious) little lens (with a surprisingly good "macro" function - much better than several other so-called "macro-zoom" lenses. Fred
