I bought one while I was in Canada because I needed something longer than the 77 Ltd.
For what it cost it's not too bad, but I tend to compare all zooms to the FA* 80-200, and in that light it's a piece of shit. :-) And even compared to the FA 28-105 Powerzoom it's not that impressive. Cheers, Dave On 7/8/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/07/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That sure is an > > ugly unsharp lens at the edge wide open though. It almost looks like the > > camera was turned around the optical axis slightly during exposure. > > Sure is, funny thing is that now there is an absolute barrage of > people on dpreview coming to the defense of the lens parading their > prized 640x400 pixel shots to just reinforce how good it really is. > And there are owners claiming that the lens is defective and should be > retested. That maybe so but Pentax produced the lens and Klaus > indicated that it has just been returned from Pentax service and been > given a full bill of health so if it is faulty that doesn't bode well > for Pentax QC. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO > 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
