I agree JC, but then there's also a big part of they way things are manufactured in our era. Sad, for sure but IMO selling lenses now for DAs would be (speaking for me) more about selling F/FA/A which are not that well on a build quality POV rather than selling e.g. my K30/2.8.
But selling my F35-70, F28/2.8... why not. 2007/2/11, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I forgot to mention this on some of the earlier threads > concerning old vs new lenses. One of the reasons why > many of the early pentax lenses ( late screwmounts > and early K/M) mounts are so damn good is due to sample > to sample variations ( or lack thereof! ). Not only was the > build quality higher throughout the entire lens lineup, > but along with it came better MFG quality and quality > control. It doesnt matter if you have the worlds latest > and greatest optical designs if you cant build them > consistantly. > > Does anybody remember the special feature the Honeywell > Pentax screwmount lenses had in this regard? ( this isnt > a question I need answered, this is a quiz to the listers!). > > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Tokina 28-70/2.8 ATX > > > Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:51:58 -0800 > > Adam Maas wrote: > > > > > >>Pretty much all the 19-35 f3.5-4.5's are actually Cosina lenses. > >>Tokina, Tamron, Vivitar and several others all rebrand them. > >> > >>Not a bad little performer, especially for the (extremely) low cost. > >> > >>-Adam > > > > > > I remember that in 2000, when I was buying this lens, I looked at the > > comparative review (tests) in Practical Photography (don't mix with > > Popular Photography). The tests results were different enough to > > warrant comments comparing the quality of these three. Was it just a > > sample-to-sample variation, difference in quality control for > > different brands, or what? > > > > Igor > > > > > > Sample variation, almost entirely. > > -Adam > > > -- > 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 > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
