I suppose at least with that fine plastic mount it wouldn't hurt the camera as it breaks off from a bump or drop! ;-) Nah, before I mount a crappy lens I'll just leave the good cameras at home and grab a one of the rangefinders or a Point N Shoot.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SMCP-FA versus Takumar-F? Surprise! > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:06:50 -0600, Don Sanderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The FA is one of the worst lenses I've ever mounted on a camera. > Agreed. I've got one of these, and it sucks (for lack of a better, or > worse, word.) > > From 28-50 it's bad, from 50-90 it just gets worse. > > Contrast, sharpness, flare, focusing, build quality, all off the > > charts.....the bottom that is. > Agreed on everything except focusing. The freakin' focusing ring > wobbles! Wonderful build quality they've got going for them. > > I had to give it two or three chances to focus on the right > > thing half the time. > Mine focuses well, but that's about it. > > This one is in pristine condition, clean glass and all the rest. > > It's not broken, it's just baaaaaad! > > Back to eekBay it goes, watch for it,and.............. > > Don't buy it. > I'm keeping mine. I stick it on when I'm going places that are not > conducive to pampering my camera (like parties, or the zoo). I figure > if it gets trashed, so what? At least I'm not sacrificing one of my > primes. I try to think of it as a disposable snapshot lens. > > -- > Scott Loveless >
