Well if you count all the ones I got and sold over the years in pkg. deals, at least a couple dozen total. I still have a few mint ones in my collection too but even they are crass compared to the M and K ( even M42 too ) versions mechanically, both the focus rings and aperture rings feel $#%$#%# and I am talking like new, perfect condtion lenses too. They just are simply not as mechanically refined from what I have had the opportunity to see.... I havent owned every singly model, no, thats why I said "most" instead of "all" .... How many mint condtion K and M lenses have you acually owned? ? ? jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:47 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FS: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2 On 10/01/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats not really saying much, because the build "quality" > of most of the "A" series lenses are dubious at best. > Most of them have mechanically very unrefined, certainly there must > have be mfg. cost reduction measures taken by Pentax compared to the K > and M lenses that caused this.... John you often say this, just so I can better appreciate your position can I ask how many of the top end A lenses have you actually owned? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
