The second version of the Tamron (AF Aspherical LD) is surprisingly good, I bought one cheaply from eBay just to see what kind of lens is it. Passable for snapshots when traveling - and for internet, of course. The 3rd version is more compact but optically not as good, according to tests. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:56 AM 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 >
