Paul Stregevsky wrote:
> I wrote to the seller of a chrome (silver) KX with 3 lenses at 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1336001762
> to ask which lens models, exactly, the camera comes with. The
> answer is:

> SMC Pentax 135/3.5K (not the M)
> SMC PENTAX-M 50/1.7
> SMC PENTAX-M 28/2.8

> The KX and 135 would make a great walk-around combo. Why settle
> for the dime-a-dozen M when the K is just a bit longer and just 2
> ounces heavier?

According to both Boz' site and George de Fockert's site, the K is four
groups, four elements.  The M is five groups, five elements.  Seems like a
good reason to prefer the M in this case.  Am I missing something?  Or is
the simpler design of the K actually a better-corrected optic?

Bill Peifer
Rochester, NY
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