On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:02 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: Takumar-A > 70-200mm F4 Macro > > >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Lawlor" >>> Subject: Re: Takumar-A 70-200mm F4 Macro > >> There is no SMCP-A version of this lens. It was sold under a number of >> names (including Pentax-A) but the SMCP-A equivalent is the 70-210/4 >> which features a different optical design and is a much better >> performer. There are some cases where it looks like the Takumars had >> the same design (the 35-70 f3.5-4.5, the F 70-200) but this isn't one >> of them. > > Correct. I shouldn't use shorthand, but yes, it was SMC Pentax-A. > > William Robb >
The Pentax-A 70-200 f4 was not labelled as SMC and did not have SMC coatings. The SMC Pentax-A 70-210 f4 is a completely different lens of different optical design and construction even if it is cosmetically similar. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
