>> 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. After all, I did say, > [...] 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). Fred
