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

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 on