trade it for a ES instead of the ESII. the ES has a 6v battery that you can get a lithium that lasts for years.... JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lens ruminations on a Monday... 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
