I agree JC, but then there's also a big part of they way things are
manufactured in our era. Sad, for sure but IMO selling lenses now for
DAs would be (speaking for me) more about selling F/FA/A which are not
that well on a build quality POV rather than selling e.g. my K30/2.8.
But selling my F35-70, F28/2.8... why not.
2007/2/11, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I forgot to mention this on some of the earlier threads
> concerning old vs new lenses. One of the reasons why
> many of the early pentax lenses ( late screwmounts
> and early K/M) mounts are so damn good is due to sample
> to sample variations ( or lack thereof! ). Not only was the
> build quality higher throughout the entire lens lineup,
> but along with it came better MFG quality and quality
> control. It doesnt matter if you have the worlds latest
> and greatest optical designs if you cant build them
> consistantly.
>
> Does anybody remember the special feature the Honeywell
> Pentax screwmount lenses had in this regard? ( this isnt
> a question I need answered, this is a quiz to the listers!).
>
> JCO
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Adam Maas
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:01 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Tokina 28-70/2.8 ATX
>
>
> Igor Roshchin wrote:
> > Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:51:58 -0800
> > Adam Maas wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Pretty much all the 19-35 f3.5-4.5's are actually Cosina lenses.
> >>Tokina, Tamron, Vivitar and several others all rebrand them.
> >>
> >>Not a bad little performer, especially for the (extremely) low cost.
> >>
> >>-Adam
> >
> >
> > I remember that in 2000, when I was buying this lens, I looked at the
> > comparative review (tests) in Practical Photography (don't mix with
> > Popular Photography). The tests results were different enough to
> > warrant comments comparing the quality of these three. Was it just a
> > sample-to-sample variation, difference in quality control for
> > different brands, or what?
> >
> > Igor
> >
> >
>
> Sample variation, almost entirely.
>
> -Adam
>
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