On Dec 12, 2013, at 15:04 , P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They are prone to a particular type of failure. (a screw holding a follower > lever can come lose jamming both the zoom and focus mechanisms at the same > time allowing the information brush to be mangled, (that part is made from > unobtainium by the way), however and the price has gone up and down. I've > owned two of them and the first lived up to it's reputation, the second is a > bit soft at 210mm As to price I paid $69.00 plus shipping for the first and > almost $160.00 plus shipping for the second, the second in fact failed > mechanically not long ago, but I was able to get it repaired using parts from > the first. > I had an A-compatible Vivitar 70-210 and could never get it to expose properly. It always overexposed! That and the one-touch (which, as a kid, I thought was awesome but as an adult I hate), led me to sell it after a couple of years. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
