No personal experience, but here are the shots taken with the FA 70-200mm f4-5.6 that were accepted into the Pentax Photo Gallery: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=1380
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:28 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > The F 70-210 is the best of all of them, a good copy will be sharp though > out it's zoom range, a bad copy will be a little soft at 210mm until you > stop down a bit, I've had both. The Takumar F 70-200 and a version of the > Pentax F share the cosmetics of the SMC P F 70-210 but neither is up to even > a /bad/ copy. > > > On 5/29/2013 8:59 AM, Alan C wrote: >> >> The FA 70-200 is an SMC Pentax FA. Good reviews. (I have the 100-300mm >> which is very good) >> >> The F 70-200 is a Pentax F (Cheaper line without MC). There is no SMC >> Pentax F 70-200mm >> >> There is also an SMC Pentax F 70-210 ED with good reviews and a Takumar F >> (cheap line without MC). >> >> Seems the SMC and/or ED glass versions are superior. >> >> Alan C >> >> >> >> > > > -- > There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive > failure, and those that will. > > > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.

