Pentax MZ-7, SMC Pentax-FA 28-80mm F3.5-5.6
Analog Diary:
The Street Scene, SMC Pentax-FA 28-80mm F3.5-5.6
'Five frames with the SMC Pentax-FA 28-80mm F3.5-5.6, street scenes with the Pentax ZX-7'The SMC Pentax-FA 28-80mm F3.5-5.6, a zoom lens introduced as a kit lens to the MZ series of Pentax AF SLRs. The lens is available in both silver and black. Though plastic-bodied, the lens comes with a metal mount that fits the camera nicely and snug.
The lens is solid enough for a kit lens, and has a zoom ring that is fairly smooth and not too sticky, rather stiffer around the 28mm and 80mm ranges, and has a front element that wobbles a bit.
Getting the best of the lens means looking for the 'sweet spot', which should be around f/11 at its wide end, and at f/5.6 at the long end.
Low cost and easy to find, and mostly comes included with an MZ/ZX type SLR often listed on the auction sites, the lens should do well as a beginner or backup lens, though it might not end up as a keeper.
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