Jim Colwell wrote:
Here is my review of the SMC Pentax-FA 28-200/3.8-5.6.
"I bought a 28-200mm zoom that turned out to be very unsatisfactory. Very few of the many pictures that I took were in sharp focus. The few pictures in sharp focus were probably those that I took with the SMCP-A 50/1.7. I did a little online research and soon found a number of things, including: (i) the zoom lens I bought is generally regarded as having poor optical quality; (ii)..."
This review is in the introduction to SPLOSdb. It does not explicitly identify it as the -FA lens, but it is. This lens was made by Tamron for Pentax, to specs defined by Pentax. The Tamron branded 28-200 lens made at the same time to Tamron's own specs was sold at the same price and is reputed to be very good, especially in comparison with the -FA.
Jim www.jcolwell.ca
Very interesting. I think I'll forego both of those lenses...
I was heading over to the SPLOS database next. But you brought it here! Many thanks...
keith
