Re: FA* vs. other Pentax lenses (WAS: K24 2.8)

2002-02-24 Thread Alan Chan
>durability of surface wear. Another negative thing about the FA* lenses is >the way the focus (and zoom) scale windows are glued into place. They may >fall off, and Pentax have problem supplying new ones. The window to my >200/4 Macro lens, that falled off in the first week of ownership, is still

FA* vs. other Pentax lenses (WAS: K24 2.8)

2002-02-24 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Fred wrote: >So, how is the build quality? Good enough for us "hard core manual >focus guys"? That depends of how you define built quality. If you think about feel I'll say the older lenses are generally preferable to most FA* lenses. However, in strength, most FA* lenses are the most solid