On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > There appear to be 2 versions of this lens, and they are different > optically, the earlier being noticeably better. > > http://home.att.net/~alnem/html/pentax_zooms.html#80-200 > > Is there a way to tell them apart?
Thanks to Boz's site, I found a way: the K and early M 80-200/4.5 focus down to 1.6m, whereas the newest ones do better, as 1.2m. Kostas
