Re: What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

[Keith Whaley]

John Forbes wrote:
The difference is the P, and only the P, and funnily enough it stands 
for  Pentax.  There are two kinds of people in the world.  Some people 
put it  in the P, and some people leave it out.

John

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:48:10 -0400, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

While looking for some info on my SMC-A 35-80/4-5.6 I came across the  
same lens with the designation SMCP-A.  What's the difference?  What  
does the P designate?

Thanks,
Gary
John's right. What he's saying is, it all depends on how you prefer to 
identify a lens.

Pentax, in their lens catalog, call that manual focus lens by it's full 
marketing name:
     SMC Pentax-A Zoom 35mm-80mm F4-F5.6.

On the lens body itself, a little more compacted, it's marked as:
             SMC
        PENTAX-A
           1:4-5.6
         35-80mm
Most ID's shorten it even more, as you've noted:
	SMCP-A  35-80/4-5.6
...leaving out all the extra stuff everybody assumes anyhow, such as 
"mm," "F" and so on..

All in how you prefer to call it.
All the same lens.
keith whaley