Thanks Boris, this is a Vietnamese one. Anyone heard of any major QC problems with those?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question > > > Hi! > > > Between 2 jobs, a new boss and a gazillion other things I haven't > > had much time for photography or the PDML lately. > > As a matter of fact I'm _still_ working on getting the Pentax > > Survey results together. ;-( > > Things seem to be getting back to their normal level of chaos > > so I should have a little more time to hang out with you folks. > > > > I did manage to aquire a new FA 28-70/4 AL and finally got to > > take a few test shots with the ist-D. > > It's a KEH "Like New-" and is a beautiful piece. > > I must say however that I am VERY disappointed with it's wide > > open performance on the digital! > > At f/4, from 50-70mm results are very soft and contrast is poor. > > At 28-50mm results are unusable before f/5.6-8. > > The lens looks perfect, no fog, haze or seperation. Everthing > > is tight, mechanics seem sound. > > > > Has anyone else tried this lens on the D series? > > How were your results at large apertures? > > Don, I had this lens before separation got it... It worked perfectly > fine with my *istD... I did not perform any tests, but I was always > satisfied with the results on all focal lengths and all apertures... > Mine had little sticker "Made in Japan" on it... > > Boris >
