Scott, > Over the past few days there have been quite a few references to the > "28-105". Would anyone having experience with these lenses care to > opine about image quality, build quality, etc. As best I can tell > (you gotta love Boz) there were three FA lenses in this focal length: > the 3.2-4.5, the 4-5.6 power zoom, and the 4-5.6 IF. Comments on any > and all would be welcome.
I have 4-5.6 IF variety... I really like its build quality and very pleasant damping of focus ring. I am generally clumsy so that I often have slight problems with attaching the hood backwards when lens is in storage. I notice no significant zoom creep. However, image quality of this lens is, well, just good, nothing spectacular. This is solid consumer grade 28-105 zoom lens. It flares slightly more than I would expect from Pentax lens, but it has great many pieces of glass in it. I should say that I've taken it with me to Norway, but it saw no use at all. It will be probably the first lens to go if I had to sell lenses now. Yet, I made some wery good pictures with it. Oh, one last thing - it has really fast AF speed. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
