their first multicoated zoom, the SMCT 85-210/4.5 is extremely sharp, rivals primes.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: F 35-135 3.5-4.5 On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Never had one, never held one, never used one. > Always stayed clear of it because of a poor reputation. Pentax was > late to create zooms, and quality suffered. (I think they refused to > believe in zooms vs primes.) Regards, Bob S. Some of Pentax' early zooms, like the k-series SMC Pentax 85-210/3.5 were very good -- among the best zooms of their time. Paul > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Anybody know anything about this lens? I checked out Pentaxforums >> and Stan's page. Lots of specs and very few opinions. >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
