I thought it was second generation. Still Tamron kept improving it after the Pentax badged version was released. There's a FA 28-200 new old stock in a local Camera Store. I think they want something around $299.00 for it. I never liked mine on film but on digital it's, I want to say not bad, but really it's very good. (At $299 it's not a bad lens at all).
Steve Sharpe wrote: >At 11:01 AM -0400 7/26/06, Robert and Leigh Woerner wrote: > > >>I understand what y'all are trying to say but I am under the impression >>the XR version is a more compact, lighter design with a switch to >>prevent zoom creep. I am interested in first hand experience with this >>lens. Maybe I'll just order one and try it out :-)? >> >> > >The FA was a rebadged first generation Tamron. Tamron has come out >with several new generations since. I found the lens test from >Popular Photography for the XR: > >http://www.popphoto.com/cameralenses/299/tamron-28-200mm-f38-56-xr-af.html > >I had the FA version and came to love it for cycling and hiking. Then >I dropped it and that was that. I'm still keeping an eye out for a >used replacement, even though the FA 28-105 powerzoom I bought soon >after gives better images. > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
