I'm fine with SDM, and I wouldn't want Pentax to change the label just to trick people into thinking they changed the technology. I have four SDM lenses and haven't had a problem in years. I do think they made some changes following a rash of early problems,
Paul via phone > On Feb 20, 2016, at 5:34 AM, jtainter <jtain...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > jtainter Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:04:23 -0800 > > Paul, its a Tamron lens, and is supposed to be pretty good. Pentax puts their > own coating on it. > > The forthcoming 15-30 and 70-200 are also Tamron lenses. They are also > supposed > to be good. > > But in some ways Pentax never learns. They are still putting the SDM label on > new lenses. > > So what are Pentax's lens designers doing? > > Joe > > ----------- > > I need to correct some of this. The 70-200 F2.8 is being developed in-house. > > Joe > > > -- > 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.