Tim Øsleby wrote on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:37 -0700 > Specwise the Pentax is the same as the Tamron, eccept for the coating. > Accoding to the Norwegian distributor the DA is a Pentax design. I > don't know what they mean by this, I just report what I was told by > them.
Tim, I don't doubt that you were told this, but I have the Pentax version of this lens, and when I compared the reflected color from the front elements with that from other Pentax and Tamron zooms in my collection, I found it to look quite different from the Pentax lenses and quite similar to the Tamron lenses. I don't think that the coating is Pentax SMC. Having compared the specs, optical diagrams, and photos of both lenses, it appears to me that the Pentax is a rebadge of the Tamron, with cosmetic changes to the rubber rings, different labeling, and a Pentax-style lens hood. The Pentax is even marked, "Made in Japan,", and all other DA lenses are marked, "Made in Viet Nam." If I were a betting man I'd lay odds that Tamron makes this lens for Pentax. Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
