Hi Fred,
Fred wrote:
The A 35-70/4 is a neat little lens, with a great macro function (it's one of the very few so-called "macro zooms" worthy of the name). It's my "dedicated Saturday/Sunday garden tour lens" (<g>) on a Super A. A little too much barrel distortion at the 35mm end is its only shortcoming. Well, its plasticky build may not be ideal, either,
I literally _never_ call Fred up to the bar, but... "plasticky?" This is an all metal lens with a lot of glass in it... By my postal scale, it weighs a good 12 � ounces.
Well, Keith, I guess it's all relative to what you're used to. Nearly all of my lenses are large, and/or fast, and/or built very solidly (I'm an old manual focus dinosaur), so the A 35-70/4 seems pretty light in comparison. (If I were still going to school, I could probably get phys ed credit just for lugging my lenses around - <g>.)
I think the "lightness" (low resistance) of the focusing action might also contribute to my subjective impression of "plasticky", too - I dunno. I do have to admit that the lens is tougher than these comments might indicate.
Thanks for the comments in response.
I will say it has among the smoothest focus ring actions I've ever felt, for a small zoom.
I just looked at my lens list, and I note that I bought it from a list member and ended up having it CLA'd, during which time the repairman repaired the focus cam and pins. It was too sloppy...
But after that, smooth as silk and a good performer indeed! I'm happy with it.
> After all, I did say, >
Fred[...] and it does seem to be at least adequately sturdy - mine doesn't seem to be getting sloppy after being lugged around a lot (and banged around a few times, too).
keith whaley
