It's not too bad, it just feels like plastic, which parts of it are. Tighter than the 28-70 but that's not unusual when comparing MF to AF lenses. Compared to something like the A 35-105/3.5 it feels cheap. It works very well though, once you get past the plastic feel. Things like the 35-105 spoil you, it's built like a precision army tank! (Pretty too!) ;-)
My thinking on the 28-70 part is that perhaps it's been improved and won't be as prone to seperation. (Wishful thinking?) I REALLY liked that lens, I may buy another yet, in spite of the problem. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Juan Buhler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: A35-70/4 or FA28-70/4? > > > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:02:23 -0600, Don Sanderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to obtain parts from Pentax to fix the > > 28-70, I'll let you know what I find out. > > Please do. It seems like it can be had used for well under $100 > anyway, so I wonder how much cheaper it would be to fix it. Mine seems > to actually have two separations, on different element pairs. I'm not > sure though. > > As for the 35-70, does it feel cheaper than the 28-70? Not that the > FA feels cheap, but in general FA lenses don't feel as nice as A > lenses to me. Might be just the focus feel though. > > j > > -- > Juan Buhler > http://www.jbuhler.com > blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog >
