> I'll second that, Fred. I bought the Pentax-A 35-70 f4 for use on my > LX, and it is a really nice piece of workmanship, although a bit heavy > (balances fine though). Takes sharp photos and the macro is pretty > good too - I think it goes down almost to 2:1.
Hi, Jim. Thanks for "coming out of the woodwork" to join in. I am curious, however, about your "a bit heavy" comment - I think that the A 35-70/4 is about the lightest lens I've got (except maybe for a 50mm prime - <g>). Yes, the macro feature (at, nicely, at the 70mm end) is quite good (see http://plg.komkon.org/a35-70_4/a35-70_4.html , for example). I think that the specs for maximum magnification for the lens is supposed to be 1:2.7, which isn't bad at all for a so-called "macro zoom" (most "macro zooms" do much worse) - the minimum focus distance is well under a foot, I think. It does have a bit more barrel distortion at the wide end than I would like, but, all in all, it's not a bad little lens. Fred
