Butch Black mused: > > Often, but not exclusively, the K's were considered the best built with the > best feel, followed by the M's, with a lot of members not caring for the > build feel of many of the A lenses.
I've not commented on this before, but I've always had my doubts. So the other day, when I had occasion to mount my A50mm/f1.4 on the *ist-D, I took a few extra minutes to take a critical look at how the lens behaves. I must say I find it hard to fault the feel of the lens when focussing. There's enough resistance to feel the lens will stay focussed where it is set, but not so much that it's in any way difficult to adjust. There's no slop at all in the focussing ring - just a silky smooth movement. Maybe the complaints are about the way the aperture ring moves; I don't use lens-mounted controls on the *ist-D (or on the PZ-1p), so I can't address this point. And even on the MZ-S I'm far more likely to use shutter priority, and leave any lens set to the "A" position. Or maybe I was just lucky, and I've got a very good example of this lens. I've certainly never regretted picking it up to supplement the f1.7 I had.
