subject:"Re\[2\]\: A 70\-210\/4 \- Focus Ring Looseness"

Re[2]: A 70-210/4 - Focus Ring Looseness

2003-12-19 Thread Bob Walkden

Hi, there are 2 versions of this lens. One is an SMC version, and the other is not SMC. This is marked on the lens, and the rubber grips on the focus/zoom ring are different - the non-SMC version has longer gnurls (or are they knurls?). The non-SMC version has an enormous amount of slip in it -

Re[2]: A 70-210/4 - Focus Ring Looseness

2003-12-19 Thread mike.wilson

Hi, Bob W. wrote: there are 2 versions of this lens. One is an SMC version, and the other is not SMC. This is marked on the lens, and the rubber grips on the focus/zoom ring are different - the non-SMC version has longer gnurls (or are they knurls?). Knurls. Gnurls are female 8-))) mknurl

RE: Re[2]: A 70-210/4 - Focus Ring Looseness

2003-12-19 Thread Alan Chan

Right, but they are similar enough to confuse lots of people. In fact, there are 3 versions: - SMC PENTAX-A 70-210/4 - PENTAX-A 70-200/4 - TAKUMAR-A 70-200/4 Yours regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan there are 2 versions of this lens. One is an SMC version, and the other is not SMC.