There's only two issues with plastic bayonets. 1. They are far more likely to fail if any off-axis force is applied to the lens. I've seen quite a number of these, usually with kit zooms. This is not likely to be an issue with smaller primes like the DA L 35 though as there's much less of a moment arm available to put force on the bayonet lugs if the lens gets knocked.
2. They do wear quicker than a metal bayonet. VERY unlikely to be a real-world issue unless you change lenses multiple times per day, every day, for 10+ years. It's only under very heavy use that bayonet wear becomes an issue. -Adam On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Roman, I've FAJ 18-35 with plastic bayonet. I bought it in Norway back in > 2006. It has seen certain use and I can see nothing happening to the > bayonet. In fact, plastic bayonet does not trouble me at all given my > experience with FAJ 18-35 lens. > > Boris > > > On 11/19/2010 4:17 PM, Roman Melihhov wrote: >> >> http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2010&s=0&category=info&blog=20101119151942 >> >> ^^^ first impression of the new lens. It is so fresh my exiv2 - exif >> library can't identify the lens, simply giving Unknown (7 214) but this >> shall bi fixed with further software updates... >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
