On Thu 2001-06-21 (21:44), Bucky wrote:
> Is the A 35-105 f/3.5 a good zoom? I'd appreciate comments both good and
> bad, as well as a reasonable price I should pay if I were to buy it. It
> seems like a good compromise for carrying about on the LX, rather than
> stocking up on a series of primes to cover the same focal range.
I like it a lot - it's my common lense for travelling around and survived
this better than the camera (super A).
A minor drawback is the color on the aperture ring - after heavy rain the
numbers were floating around.
The rubber coating wears out after some years. Thus you may have to fix
the rings by 2k-glue.
Another drawback may be the size of the filters: 67 mm required the bigger
Cokin P series.
Otherwise the optical quality is pretty good, while the mechanical quality
was just perfect up to now.
Kind regards
Martin
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