Re: What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

2005-04-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just noticed that actually should be actual, (damned spell checker). John Forbes wrote: If you just put SMC, people might think you mean Santa Monica Colege, that well-known lens manufacturer. On the other hand, if you put SMCP, people will know you mean Pentax, unless of course they think you

Re: What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

2005-04-17 Thread John Forbes
If you just put SMC, people might think you mean Santa Monica Colege, that well-known lens manufacturer. On the other hand, if you put SMCP, people will know you mean Pentax, unless of course they think you mean Sport Medisch Centrum Papendal, who also make fine lenses, as everybody knows.

Re: What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

2005-04-17 Thread Peter J. Alling
The P stands for Pentax, can you spell Pentax, P E N T A X. I knew you could. Seriously they are the same lens. Just that for some the manufacture is understood. The actually name of the lens is "smc PENTAX-A 1:4-5.6 35-80mm" as mentioned here: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/mediu

Re: What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

2005-04-17 Thread Keith Whaley
John Forbes wrote: The difference is the P, and only the P, and funnily enough it stands for Pentax. There are two kinds of people in the world. Some people put it in the P, and some people leave it out. John On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:48:10 -0400, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While look

Re: What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

2005-04-17 Thread John Forbes
The difference is the P, and only the P, and funnily enough it stands for Pentax. There are two kinds of people in the world. Some people put it in the P, and some people leave it out. John On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:48:10 -0400, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While looking for some info on

What's the difference between SMC-A & SMCP-A

2005-04-17 Thread Gary
While looking for some info on my SMC-A 35-80/4-5.6 I came across the same lens with the designation SMCP-A. What's the difference? What does the P designate? Thanks, Gary