Hi Jim,
 In my first message about this I had said about being told the Tamron not 
being made by Pentax, the
one who told me was Dean, my repair guy. Dean had called his friend in 
Pentax (Colo.) and he said it was made
by Pentax. Personally, I can't believe it one way or another because being a 
Pentax guy, he probably couldn't
answer the question any other way.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: 18-250mm - Pentax or Tamron


Tim Øsleby wrote on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:37 -0700

> Specwise the Pentax is the same as the Tamron, eccept for the coating.
> Accoding to the Norwegian distributor the DA is a Pentax design. I
> don't know what they mean by this, I just report what I was told by
> them.

Tim, I don't doubt that you were told this, but I have the Pentax
version of this lens, and when I compared the reflected
color from the front elements with that from other Pentax and Tamron
zooms in my collection, I found it to look quite
different from the Pentax lenses and quite similar to the Tamron
lenses.  I don't think that the coating is Pentax SMC.
Having compared the specs, optical diagrams, and photos of both
lenses, it appears to me that the Pentax is a rebadge
of the Tamron, with cosmetic changes to the rubber rings, different
labeling, and a Pentax-style lens hood.  The Pentax
is even marked, "Made in Japan,", and all other DA lenses are marked,
"Made in Viet Nam."  If I were a betting man I'd
lay odds that Tamron makes this lens for Pentax.
Regards, Jim
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