Are they 'identical'?

I've gon a bit mad this month with my LBA...

Seems somebody in Bradford has got rid of all their Pentax kit cos the Camera Exchange has a K20 and loads of K-mount lenses in the secondhand window...

They no longer have the Samsung D-Xenon 100mm 2.8 macro lens though...

I do!

So along with the FA35mm f2 I bought t'other week... I'm now proper skint!

I'm quite happy but I'm skint!

Ha!
Forgot to ast the question!

Is the Samsung the same as the D-FA100mm macro (the non-WR version)?

I believe all the Samsung lenses are identical apart from the cosmetics such as the blue & green bands, etc. Some people suggest the Pentax versions may have different coatings but that's just speculation.

Edit - I have the Pentax version of this lense and it's brilliant!

The Samsung is German Therefore of much higher
optical quality Very similar to Carl Zeiss,
Voigtlander, Leica etc.

Thank you woodworm... This confirms my thinking... I've not given it a proper test yet (just a couple shot of my car key) still have a couple short essays to do for uni... Dissertation is handed in though!
Think I got an ok deal at just less than £200

Especiallay as it's the Samsung version and German...

Dave,

well done on completeing your dissertation!

I missed those lenses - I looked in the window at 4.00pm last night and they were still redoing it - no Pentax mount lenses in sight.

Dave

So - when will you be getting them covered in orange leather

I think that was a damn good price Dave, the lens may not "feel" like it's up to much but it can certainly perform when needed, my avatar was taken with the Pentax.

What else did they have, it might be worth a trip over before HG and Davem beat me to the rest

Thank you... Been a solid battle but think it'll get a pretty good mark...

They were apparently only put out at lunchtime today...I didn't actually have enough money for it... My friend lent me £100 and bought an £750 Canon-L lens for himself!!

The only other lens that really caught my attention was the 55-300...
But the guy who brought it all in is apparently bringing more stuff in over the next few weeks...

I knowing I may be considered "picky" (certainly have been on some previous occasions), but IIRC Samsung is a KOREAN, not a German, company!

And some CZ and Voigtlander lenses are Made in Japan by Cosina
Some Leica lenses were Made in Japan by Sigma and probably Minolta
as well as in Canada

I suppose I should have been more precise and said that
Schneider-Kreuznach are based in Bad Kreuznach, Germany

The Blue Rings says it all
Meet the Schneider-Kreuznach D-Xenon 100mm 2.8 macro lens's
First Cousin
https://www.schneideroptics.com/ecommerce/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?CID=1822&IID=84...

Bargain at only 4,000 Dollars US

Algi: Mythmaker Extraordinaire
My father used to always say.... buy German cameras if you want the best
That's why they don't make cameras in Lancashire

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Yes, there may be internal coating differences but this was taken with mine as was this.

Don't go back for the 35mm macro, it's now here infront of me..

If it wasn't for the fact that I'd bought an FA35 2 weeks since I would've nabbed it!
2 AF lenses in 2 weeks means I'm now very poor and have to walk more as I can't afford petrol!

I am a tad jealous though...

I saw it, checked the bank balance and thought why not?

I was after a cheap 35mm as it happens, just not this one, which is much better than the one I had my eye on in another city.

It was also a touch more expensive, still...

Reckon you'll ever take it off the camera?

The guy who's brought them in appears to want quick sales... At least I thought they were all very 'reasonably' priced... Wonder how long the K20 sits there...

They've had 2 Samsung-version K10s in for as long as I can remember... there now under the counter rather than in the display window!

There was a Kenko-AF teleconverter in that caught my eye as well... Doubt that'll be there the next time I've got some cash to play with...