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I'll ask the question bluntly: Which stock single vision lenses do you use? We have used Seiko with their Surpass ECP AR and they have been solid and at a very good price, but changes with...

Some great posts here. I have often found myself thinking that the "other progressive lens" might be better. Dispensed a lot of Seiko, then Hoya, now Shamir. Still wondering if Seiko wasn't better...

I always wondered if the Perfas lenses were the exact same product in Seiko.

I find it hard to believe that no one on this chat board ever used Seiko PERFAS product direct from Hopkins, Minnesota during this time period. They always seemed busy when I called in an order!

Here is what I know; please correct me if I am wrong. The direct retail product from Seiko/Pentax is called PERFAS. The lenses available through Hopkins, Minnesota were called Prominent, Prestige,...

The problems are only with the Seiko products that are now processed by Hoya in Dallas. We never had any AR problems with Hoya lenses from their Hartford lab. That's why the whole thing is so...

In fairness to Hoya, who we have used in the past, much of the problem seems to be meshing the Seiko product into the Hoya system. But, we are the ones who have to face the unsatisfied customers. ...

I guess we are in the minority with this problem! Do any of you good people order lenses directly from Seiko (formerly Pentax)? We had a great relationship with them until the lab in Minnesota was...

I feel like our shop is under siege because of the AR failures with Seiko lenses since the Hoya takeover. Are we the only ones experiencing this? We have for years ordered our lenses direct from...