I have a 2nd gen. Tamron 28-200 in mint condition I'll sell him for $200 plus shipping that includes the Tamron close-up lens and a filter or a Tamron 28-105 in the same condition for $125. I don't use my Pentax AF gear anymore and I'd like to give them good homes before I decide to stick them on eBay. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of aimcompute Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cheap Crap Plastic Consumer Lenses 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 . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - 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 .
