However, AFAIK HD is not a new version of SMC, but a different kind of coating (just like, but not really on the same level as Aero Bright Coating). I agree the name is generic, though.
Alex On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:37 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > SMC has changed considerably over the years since it was first introduced. > Ricoh is doing a lot of good things with the Pentax Brand but moving the > nomenclature from SMC to HD isn't one of them. SMC means something, HD is > generic and doesn't. > > > On 12/4/2013 8:45 AM, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:24 PM, CollinB <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/hd-pentax-limited-primes-review.html >>> All SMC to HD. >>> And they have earned a red stripe for differentiation. >>> >> And better coatings (not that SMC was bad, but there is a difference), >> and rounded apertures (some are complaining about that) >> >> Alex >> > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
