I've bought nine AF lenses in the past 5 years and they all came with the good rear lens cap. The one that bayonets on and has the "lip" type edge that protects the electrical contacts. Perhaps the good folks Alan has been buying from have been replacing the rear caps that come from Pentax with cheap ones for reasons of their own.
Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "P�l Audun Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 4:27 AM Subject: Re: How unpleasant......... > Alan wrote: > > > >Somehow Pentax replaced the good old rear caps with cheap ugly push-on caps > >in mid-90's. I was surprised to find that out when I purchased the > >FA*85/1.4. What was Pentax thinking? > > > I've bought a number of Pentax lenses since the mid '90's and none of them > came with the cheap rear cap. > > P�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 . - 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 .

