If he has a Spotmatic, why not go buy a decent used SMCT Zoom 85~210? Hell, it would cost not much more than (if that) the cost of the repair. And forget the plastic crap.
Or (blasphemy) go find a nice Canon Sure Shot Zoom - I hate to admit it but my wife gets tack sharp images properly exposed and focused every stinking time. Plenty of Zoom flexibility, and no need to focus (it's auto focus, auto load, auto flash, auto wipe) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:17 PM > To: Pentax List > Subject: Cheap Crap Plastic Consumer Lenses > > > > A friend of mine, heeding advice from this list, purchased a ZX-7 a > little more than a year ago, and grabbed a Tamron zoom (28~200 maybe - > don't recall right now) to use primarily for family snaps and a trip > that he and his wife took last year. > > The lens is toast. It doesn't work and he's been told that the > "electronics" are fried, and that it'll cost $220.00 to repair. Now, > frankly, I don't give a rat's ass why the lens failed, or whether or not > it can be repaired, or if the price is reasonable, or even if the lens > doesn't have electronics. It just frosts me that the enjoyment of his > recent trip to Mexico was lessened by the lens breaking in some > fashion. He, and his wife, are very disappointed. Sheesh! all he > wanted was a simple lens for a simple camera. > > Yeah, I know that things break, but the truth is, a lens should last > longer than a year, and not cost a week's pay to repair. > > Good. Now that that's off my chest, what's a good replacement lens? > Build quality is important, optical quality commensurate with family > snaps and occasional 8x10, color print use. Cole's like me - he likes > to keep things a long time. You should see his old Spotmatic and Super > Tak 50/1.4 - sharp, clean, and working perfectly. > > So, what does the list suggest for a quality consumer lens? > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
