The build of the A 35-70 may seem a little plastic, but mine, hard used, has not shown any tendency to creep. The focus feels less damped than an older prime, but it is consistent in feel and not at all bad. As to image quality, I find it quite acceptable (wide open) to good at 8x10.
Juan Buhler wrote:
Hi list,
I'm looking to replace my separated FA28-70/4. I was looking at an A 35-70/4, which seems to have nice comments in Stan Haplin's lens comments page. Now, I could always get another FA28-70, which I know is a sharp zoom when the glass is OK.
The question is: how do these two lenses compare? I don't care about AF, since my istD is usually set to manual anyway. Actually, I probably prefer the focus feel of an A lens over an FA. The 35-70 seems bigger than the 28-70, is the difference very noticeably? How is it optically?
