on 29.10.02 16:28, Paul Eriksson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know the technical difference, I've been to Boz's site. But what is the > real world difference? By the way I'm primaryily talking about the 100mm > macro f/2.8 and I'll be using it with a ZX-L. The price difference seems to > be about twice for the same condition. F lenses are usually better build - they are mainly metal. And yes their manual focusing seems to feel better than in FA. But I have noticed that F lenses has slightly slower and louder auto focus than newer FA ones (this is propably due to fact that SMC-F were build for SF cameras, which haven't such a powerful AF motors like Z(PZ) and MZ (ZX) series)
-- Best Regards Sylwek

