We've had a Tamron 28-300 for two years. Works perfectly, never a problem and produces very nice results.
Probably just the luck of the draw. He doesn't go out and take pictures of electrical storms does he? :-) I have a Pentax 28-80 AF, like brand new, that I'm trying to sell for $45. I've never critiqued it as it was only used for about two rolls of film before buying the longer zoom. It's a lens. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 4:17 PM Subject: Cheap Crap Plastic Consumer Lenses > A friend of mine, heeding advice from this list, purchased a ZX-7 a > little more than a year ago, and grabbed a Tamron zoom (28~200 maybe - > don't recall right now) to use primarily for family snaps and a trip > that he and his wife took last year. > > The lens is toast. It doesn't work and he's been told that the > "electronics" are fried, and that it'll cost $220.00 to repair. Now, > frankly, I don't give a rat's ass why the lens failed, or whether or not > it can be repaired, or if the price is reasonable, or even if the lens > doesn't have electronics. It just frosts me that the enjoyment of his > recent trip to Mexico was lessened by the lens breaking in some > fashion. He, and his wife, are very disappointed. Sheesh! all he > wanted was a simple lens for a simple camera. > > Yeah, I know that things break, but the truth is, a lens should last > longer than a year, and not cost a week's pay to repair. > > Good. Now that that's off my chest, what's a good replacement lens? > Build quality is important, optical quality commensurate with family > snaps and occasional 8x10, color print use. Cole's like me - he likes > to keep things a long time. You should see his old Spotmatic and Super > Tak 50/1.4 - sharp, clean, and working perfectly. > > So, what does the list suggest for a quality consumer lens? > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
