Thanks, Joe. I wouldn't want the M version for the *ist D. I believe the A and F sell for about the same money and it si tempting to get the auto focus. I own a couple of F lenses. They are actually better than they look :-) Still the A version looks soooo nice. It's a petty the F-lesnses are designed very toy-like and plasicky. Pentax should consioder to re-introduce the design of the Spotmatic Takumars (the pretty focusing ring) as a retro-design/new limited series :-)
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Joe Wilensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 22. november 2004 21:18 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Pentax-A 4/24-50mm vs. Pentax-F 4/24-50mm I've had both, and I liked both lenses. The F version is much better suited to autofocus, since it has a pretty loose manual focus feel, and it has that particular bulky yet durable feeling plastic feel that some of the F zooms have. The A lens is the one I kept (and my only zoom right now) -- it's very compact, has a very nice focus feel for an A zoom, and more than acceptable results. It may be a bit more prone to flare, especially at the wide end, than some other Pentax zooms and primes, but it's very useable. I also had the M 24-35, which is probably a better zoom and has a slightly nicer feel, but the zoom range was too limited for me. I also like the A zoom because to me, at least, it's about as large as a lens can get without starting to feel too front-heavy on the compact bodies without winders, like the Super Program. Joe >A question to the PDML knowledge base: >Any comments on these two lenses, please. Are they optically identical, >apart from the MF/AF issue? Any experience with either of these two Pentax >lenses? >Thanks > >Jens > > >Jens Bladt >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
