Huh, if you prefer the focus feel, WHY? I say its because they are built better. That's why. More precision mechanically. I dont know how you can say thats not a detraction in a MANUAL FOCUS lens. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FS: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2 Thanks a lot, Rob! While I wondered the same thing, I decided not to get into a discussion with JCO. Now that you've opened the door .... I've found that many of the A lenses I've owned and used were built well, although I may have preferred the focus feel of the K-lenses and the Super Taks in some cases, that didn't detract from the build quality of the lenses. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Digital Image Studio > > On 10/01/07, J. C. O'Connell 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? -- 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
