These "202" series lenses, made in Korea, have
proven themselves to be not only good values,
but just plain good lenses. There's also a 135/2.8
of the same manufacturer that's pretty good as well.
They usually sell for about $15-$20 -- even the
later ones with the 'A' setting! A bit flare prone
but excellent images nonetheless.
I contacted Sears to find out who made these.
They no longer have record of that information.
Consequently they could not tell me.
But given the green hue to the coatings, I think
we can say that this is not a typical product of
Pentax design. Pentax coatings have a brown-blue-
purple hue to them.
Collin
>I have the Sears 80-200/4 that I bought for less than $10. They can
>regularly be had for about $40 on KEH (labled under "misc brands"). 90% of
>the shots currently posted on my site were taken with that lens. It is my
>understanding that Pentax (someone correct me if I'm wrong) manufactured the
>"Sears" lenses.
>
>Nick
>www.wrightfoto.com
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