Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:48:52 EST
Bob S ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
"There are a number of folks who like the Older K lenses.
(I think of Daphne the Israeli who was collecting them.)"
Shel Belinkoff, a longtime member of this list, was the K-series lenses'
most articulate and passionate advocate.
"They are generally 25%-35% bigger than the M versions of the same lens.
Some think that Pentax compromised quality when they made them smaller."
Pentax replaced brass bushings with aluminum when they switched to the M
series.
"Overall, the K's aren't fetching much more than the M's. In some cases
like the K135/3.5 I saw this AM, nobody even seemed to notice K vs M and the
price was 15 or 20 Euros on eBay Germany."
The 135/3.5M is one of the most widely misadvertised Pentax lenses on Ebay.
The listing will say "SMC 135/3.5", the photo isn't clear; I'll write to the
seller hoping it's really the K, and he'll deliver the bad news: It says M.
Oddly, once or twice the ad has said "135/3.5M" but the lens looked
suspiciously long, and a letter to the seller confirmed that the letter M
did not appear on the front of the lens, and hence the lens was the K. Only
the 50/2, or f1:2 (advertised as a "50/1.2") and f/4, or f1:4 zooms ("f/1.4
zoom") seem to be misadvertised more often.
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