Good old Pentax QC strikes again. Mine's been fine and has stayed reasonably tight.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 9:21 AM Subject: Re: Normal Full Frame Zoom Rick, I've had few FA 24-90's including one that I bought and got it to travel to Germany and back here. All of them, no exception suffered from the same mechanical problem. The barrel would get loose so that when the focus approaches infinity it would move sideways (easily seen in viewfinder with split-screen) and ultimately miss the focus. In general I would steer away from both FA 24-90 and latest FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 only because of that mechanical flaw. If one is prepared to focus manually, these are both fine lenses. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Mark, > > I shoot with the Pentax FA 24-90 quite a lot. It's considerably lighter than > the 28-105, seems reasonably well-made (mine is still tight and sharp after > ~15 years), and its contrast and flare resistance are excellent. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 10:33 PM > Subject: Normal Full Frame Zoom > > I've been shooting a bit of film latelyand have been using the FA 28-105 > f4-5.6 zoom as my everyday lens. This past week I was really chaffing > under this lens - it was just too slow, the rotating front element was > at times a PITA, it is heavy (thanks to the power zoom motor etc), and > looking at the image results, it is rather soft around the edges when > shot wide open (which I do more often that I'd like because it is so > slow!) Granted, I was shooting IR film and using a #29 deep red filter > most of the time (-3 stops) but this made me wonder about alternatives.... > > Looking at Pentax Forums lens ratings, I was surprised to see that the > two zooms I have (the 28-105 and the FA 28-70 f4 AL) are near the top of > the pack for the "consumer" zooms and altually very close to the the FA* > 28-70 f2.8... I would rate the lenses I have as very good in terms of > optical quality, but falling short of really first rate quality. > > Can anyone suggest any top-quality 3rd party lenses in the 28 - 100 > range that I should take a look at? I am hoping for somehitng that is > faster than what I have (either f4 constant or f.35-f4.5), 24/28 mm - > 90/100 mm, non-rotating front element of very good optical quality (on > par with the lenses I have.) > > I won't go on from there ... > > Any suggestions? > > Mark > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
