On 13/7/10, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed:
I don't see where in the evolution of Pentax lenses I would find the
K28/3.5 version recommended by J.C. Contrary
Out of context is always the best ;-)
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On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
The so called K series lenses were the first batch of
lenses with the K bayonet. They are marked SMC Pentax
without any suffix. When the later M series lenses came
out they were labelled
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Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
The so called K series lenses
On Jul 14, 2010, at 3:12 AM, Cotty wrote:
On 13/7/10, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed:
I don't see where in the evolution of Pentax lenses I would find the
K28/3.5 version recommended by J.C. Contrary
Out of context is always the best ;-)
Ah, you caught me. Thought I could get
On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I know, I lived in Dunwoody for a year, I've seen single vehicle rollovers on
I285 achieved at the blistering speed of 12mph. I feel for you.
Fortunately I live well within the Perimeter, and try to stay there as much as
possible -- except,
What do you think of $170 for a copy of this lens said to be in mint
condition? With shipping there's one on eBay at that price now. [It seems to
have a by now price only. There doesn't seem to be a way to place bids.]
This is more than I'd like to pay, but KEH doesn't have any, and I've
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Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
What do you think of $170 for a copy of this lens said to be in mint
condition
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Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
What do you think of $170 for a copy of this lens said to be in mint
condition? With shipping
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:39 PM, William Robb wrote:
I'd say that is a lot of money for that lens, but I may not be up to date on
what they are going for either.
Thanks, William. That's the cheapest one on eBay, and there are none at KEH.
There are a couple 50mm As in the $200 to $250 range.
On 2010-07-12 22:40, Eric Weir wrote:
Fortunately I live well within the Perimeter, and try to stay there
as much as possible ... given the mindless sprawl.
:-)
I live up at the northern end of the sprawl, just north of John's Creek.
I do, however, commute to /almost/ inside the Perimeter
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
I live up at the northern end of the sprawl, just north of John's Creek. I
do, however, commute to /almost/ inside the Perimeter (Abernathy and Ga 400).
Good to meet you, Doug. I did venture outside today -- to North Fulton -- for
physical
On 2010-07-13 16:04, Eric Weir wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
I live up at the northern end of the sprawl, just north of John's Creek. I do,
however, commute to /almost/ inside the Perimeter (Abernathy and Ga 400).
Good to meet you, Doug. I did venture outside
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its
reputation is better than both m or a versions.
It was the fact that aperture can be controlled on the camera body in the A
series that attracted me. Perhaps I should be more concerned about
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its
reputation is better than both m or a versions.
It was the fact that aperture can be controlled on the camera body in
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Thibouille wrote:
No, incorrect.
Pentax-A lenses are MF, not AF lenses.
If you need AF, you need F, FA, DFA, DA lenses.
Thanks. Thought it was too good to be true. I'm looking for a manual
List
Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its
reputation is better than both m or a versions.
It was the fact that aperture can be controlled on the camera body in the A
series that attracted me
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Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
I'd say that is a lot of money for that lens, but I may not be up to date
on what they are going for either.
Thanks, William. That's the cheapest one on eBay, and there are none
On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its
reputation is better than both m or a versions.
. . . .
I'm a
On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
I have a 28 AF lens i rarely if ever use. Could be for sale, as i use
the 16-45 f4 about 90% of the time
Thanks for the offer, David. However, judging from prices of autofocus
fixed-length lenses at KEH that's very likely out of my price
On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
The so called K series lenses were the first batch of
lenses with the K bayonet. They are marked SMC Pentax
without any suffix. When the later M series lenses came
out they were labelled smc pentax -M and so forth
with the -A -F -FA -DA
On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:42 PM, William Robb wrote:
I was at my local pusher's today. He has an M series 28/2.8 that I can get
for quite cheap, but it has no A setting.
The proprietor told me he'd have a look among his personal collection of
camera dreck to see if he has an A version. If he
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its
See J.C. O'Connell's post:
The so called K series lenses were the first batch of
lenses with the K bayonet. They are marked SMC Pentax
without any suffix.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Thanks for the informative history, Adam. However, I don't see where
When I was looking into buying one a couple of years ago, they were
going for between $70 and $90 on ebay. I decided not to go for one as I
was actually using the 43mm limited as a longish normal, kind of like a
58mm on 24x36mmm format. f2.8 wasn't really fast enough for a normal
lens
The SMC [K] lenses are sometimes lumped into the SMC-M lenses. Even
thought some of the M lenses such as the SMC-M 135mm f3.5 and the SMC
135mm f3.5 are very different in size weiight and optical formula. The
K lenses are often quite a bit rarer than the equivalent M lenses. The
A lenses
I thought I sent a message to this effect to the list earlier, but it seems not.
Anyway, I was not able to be at home in the final hours of bidding on this lens
on eBay. I left a maximum bid, but the other guy got it for $1.00 more-- $81.
Apparently that was a steal, as the remaining lenses of
On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:14, Eric Weir wrote:
I thought I sent a message to this effect to the list earlier, but it seems
not.
Anyway, I was not able to be at home in the final hours of bidding on this
lens on eBay. I left a maximum bid, but the other guy got it for $1.00 more--
$81.
On Jul 12, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
I got mine off of EBay about 3 years ago for about $90. $160-220 seems steep.
I've seen them on the PentaxForums marketplace for the around $100 range as
well.
Thanks, Charles. Wasn't aware of the PentaxForums marketplace. Thanks for
You should haunt www.keh.com. They're very reputable, and they often
sell more common, and make no mistake the A 28mm f2.8 isn't all that
rare, lenses for much less than you can get them on ebay. They don't
have any A 28mms in stock right now, but they are likely to have more in
the future.
On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:11 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
You should haunt www.keh.com. They're very reputable, and they often sell
more common, and make no mistake the A 28mm f2.8 isn't all that rare, lenses
for much less than you can get them on ebay. They don't have any A 28mms in
stock right
I know, I lived in Dunwoody for a year, I've seen single vehicle
rollovers on I285 achieved at the blistering speed of 12mph. I feel for
you.
On 7/12/2010 1:32 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:11 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
You should haunt www.keh.com. They're very reputable,
Really displaying my ignorance here again, but am I correct in assuming this is
an autofocus lens?
Thanks,
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No, incorrect.
Pentax-A lenses are MF, not AF lenses.
If you need AF, you need F, FA, DFA, DA lenses.
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The Pentax-A series lenses are all manual focus.
They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
(all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
They're fully compatible with the DSLR
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Thibouille wrote:
No, incorrect.
Pentax-A lenses are MF, not AF lenses.
If you need AF, you need F, FA, DFA, DA lenses.
Thanks. Thought it was too good to be true. I'm looking for a manual focus, but
I wondered if this was an autofocus at a ridiculously low
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
(all the DSLRs) to set the aperture value using the body controls.
They're fully compatible with the
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22 -0400, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with on-body aperture control
(all the DSLRs) to set
On 10/7/10, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed:
Really displaying my ignorance here again, but am I correct in assuming
this is an autofocus lens?
Eric, others have answered your question, but this website is worth
noting - you will find it invaluable in your Pentax travels!
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22 -0400, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
Is this one in a series of lenses, i.e., are their Pentax-As o other
focal lengths?
Yes. You should check out Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page. It
has all
On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Cotty wrote:
Eric, others have answered your question, but this website is worth
noting - you will find it invaluable in your Pentax travels!
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
Yes, I am starting to do so.
Thanks,
Eric,
There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare.
Pentax made a ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc.
The A series went with the Super Program and Program Plus cameras.
They are desirable as the apertures are the same as measured on the
latest cameras.
The A 28/2.8,
The online bible, Everything you thought you needed to know about Pentax
K mount camera bodies and lenses but didn't realized. Have fun wasting
a few hours.
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
On 7/10/2010 5:22 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
They
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
May not be able to tell the difference between soft and sharp, but at this
point would prefer sharp.
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:22 -0400, Eric Weireew...@bellsouth.net
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On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
They have the linear-action iris actuator and a special position on
the aperture ring allowing a Pentax body with
On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare.
Pentax made a ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc.
The A series went with the Super Program and Program Plus cameras.
They are desirable as the apertures are the same
On Jul 10, 2010, at 6:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Have fun wasting a few hours.
I've doing too much of that lately.
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Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
Eric,
There are more A series lenses, but some
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Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8
Eric,
There are more A series lenses, but some are a little rare. Pentax made a
ton of M series lenses for the MX, ME, ME Super, etc
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