Hi,
I had one of these, and it may well be some of my comments that you
saw quoted. It seems to be quite a rare lens which probably explains
the dearth of mentions. However, it is certainly one of the best zooms
P ever made. The size is excellent, the quality and handling are 1st
class. I was always happy to use it and always pleased with the
results it gave me. For shooting at f/5.6 or smaller it was very
convenient; I'd recommend it to anyone, although I'm not so sure about
it replacing primes - some of the f/3.5 primes have excellent
reputations for optical quality.
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Bob
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Friday, July 20, 2001, 8:25:25 PM, you wrote:
> Shel (and PDMLers),
> I noticed Shel selected the M24~35/3.5 lens for one of his choices
> for the "harder game" quiz -- I picked up that same lens a few months
> ago on eBay (I got it for the $200 Buy-It-Now price, thanks to a
> heads-up post to this list -- thanks!).
> I really like it, but hardly see it mentioned on this list or on
> eBay. I know it wasn't made for that long, but it has great reviews
> on the Pentax lens comments sites. Who else has or had this lens, and
> what are your experiences with it?
> To me, it has great construction quality (best "feel" zoom of the M
> series?) and seems good enough to replace primes at 24mm, 28mm and
> 35mm -- especially if the primes you'd be replacing would be f3.5 --
> no loss of speed, something unusual when choosing between primes and
> a zoom covering the same range.
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