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Latest Review Posted SMC Pentax-FA 35mm F2 AL
I concur with previous reviewers that this lens is sharp corner to corner. However, it does have a minor (manageable) focusing flaw.


There is an almost imperceptible amount of play in the focusing mechanism, such that the elements can be moved forward and backwards, barely the thickness of a sheet of paper, about 0.1mm without turning the focus ring. This may not seem significant but can make the difference between an image being sharp or not. At the infinity end stop, pushing the focus ring towards the body to take up play is necessary to achieve perfect sharpness at far distance, otherwise it is out of focus. This is required whether manually or auto-focused. My F lens does not have this play, nor do my original M lenses, which seems to confirm other reviewers suspicions that the FA series is less well made.



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