You might be right - the frontmost tube sounds like metal when tapping it (but it is
not thick) and the filter threads may indeed be metal. Hard to tell without
scratching, which I´m not prepared to do.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
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Lähettäjä: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Päivä: 21. maaliskuuta 2001 1:55
Aihe: RE: 24-90
>Raimo wrote:
>
>
>I just got my hands on the new SMC Pentax-FA 3.5-4.5 24-90 IF & AL. Looks quite good.
>Externally the mode of construction is similar to the current way of doing these
>things which means internal focusing (front lens does not rotate), no window over
>focusing scale and all plastic (except the lens mount, and glass).
>
>
>REPLY:
>
>Are you sure it uses plastic lens barrels? I'm sure the outer cover is plastic,
>however, it seems like from the pictures of the lens that the front tube is quite
>thick and look like the metal barrels Pentax is using. Even the 17-28 Fish-eye zoom
>uses metal barrels. I have to say that any lens that has plastic filter threads is
>off my shopping list. Too bad....
>
>Pål
>
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