Both are 7 in 7 designs, although the optical design did change somewhat between the two. The latter SMC-M version is essentially the SMC-A version with a non-A mount and aperture ring. It looks like they may have run out of parts for the earlier version and decided to put the A into production early, without spilling the beans on the A's most interesting features.
-Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: > It could be. There are, BTW, two M28/2.8 designs. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf R. Radermacher)> > >>> Or the FA 28/2.8 AL - great lens at a great price. >> Is this a different optical design compared to the old M 2.8/28 mm? > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
