> From my memory, my A is made of metal, not plastic. There's a rubber
>ring on
>it, but underneath it's definitly metal. I wasn't aware there was more
>than one
>make of this model.
I had two SMC PENTAX-A 50/1.7 and both had plastic bodies. The only thing
metal was the inner barrel which holds the glasses. For this reason, this
particluar lens has a common "unsmooth" aperture ring problem (some F lenses
have the same problem as well) and cracking screw holes inside. I
disassembled both so I know this lens very well. On the other hand, the f1.4
version was made of metal mainly. Only the focus and aperture rings are
plastic. Mechanically, the f1.4 is a lot better.
regards,
Alan Chan
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