> I thought all Pentax zooms of the A series and later felt like the > A 35-70, until I got a KEH bargain condition A 24-50. [snip] Do > the well regarded Pentax A zooms, like the 35-105 or the 70-210, > have that heavy, smooth quality feel, or is their build quality > more like the 35-70?
The A 70-210/4, the A 35-105/3.5, and the A 28-135/4 are all head-and-shoulders over the A 35-70/4, when you are talking about "feel" and overall mechanical build quality. However, the 35-70/4 was not designed as ~any~ sort of a "premium lens", and yet it does commend itself quite well optically (and has a better "macro" function than any of the other three lenses above). Fred
