On 14/01/07, Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What plastic? The only plastic parts in FA* 85/1.4 are aperture ring > and distance scale window. Sorry, both caps are plastic too ;-) Yes, > it may scratch more easily than Ltd, but it is a very solidly built > lens.
Its body is cast alloy, scratches penetrating to the metal appear quite dull and the metal is in fact quite brittle (I've seen how it breaks). I'd bet that the LTD lens is more able to take a beating though Alan seems less than enamored by the slop in the plastic bearings. My 31mm LTD took quite a knock, I landed with a great deal of my weight on it and bent in the hood but the lens was otherwise unharmed. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
