Quote regarding this lens marked with -----> and <------ >From "Alex's Library: Photo Tips" http://home.att.net/~alnem/html/photo_tips.html
70-210mm FA 70-200/4-5.6 should be avoided. While the resolution is not the worst, the color rendition, contrast, flare, and build quality are really bad. F70-210/4-5.6 is optically a great performer. With its excellent sharpness and contrast, it's much better than the SMC-FA70-200/4-5.6 and the SMC-F80-200. ----------> The "ringer" is the similar looking Pentax-F 70-200/4-5.6, which was mentioned as a "nice" and sharp lens, but not AS good as the SMC-F, and kind of confusing in nomenclature. In the USA this NON-SMC lens was sold as "Takumar-F" and in the rest of the world as "Pentax-F". <-------- SMC-A 70-210/4 is a very good lens with constant aperture. It features push-pull zoom and focusing ring and build in hood. Build quality as well as the optical quality is very good. As with many other push-pull zooms, zooming ring's creep has been reported for the majority of samples. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Smekal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:51 PM Subject: Strange > I've seen a Pentax F-zoom 70-200 4-5.6 lens for sale, but I can't find any > information about it. Bojidars comprehensive site shows a F-zoom 70-210 > 4-5.6, and a FA-zoom 70-200 4-5.6, but not a F-zoom 70-200. The same for > Stan Halpin's site. Is the F-zoom 70-200 4-5.6 a hoax, or ... has anybody > seen it? > Peter, Sweden > > >
