Rob wrote:
>Is there any disadvantage to the black limited lenses? > >I have the chance to buy one at a good price, but dont know whether I >should be buying silver or black. I dont care about the look being >consistent with the body, the silver looks fine to me, but I dont want >one which will show chips or whatever in the black coating. Does the >coating wear at all? I have actually handled a 77 Limited in black, and in my opinion it didn't look as luxurious as the chrome ones. In fact, I resembles most of all an A-series lens. The black ones look great on pictures but appeared more ordinary in real life. I really don't know if black is as durable as the chrome finish. The chrome finish, though, is incredibly durable and making scratches on a chrome Limited lens really take an effort. In the old days, chrome camera bodies were more resistant to wear than black ones. Perhaps the same is the case for the Limited lenses? P�l l - 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 .
