I have one of those, it's a very good lens. I like it's size and the way
it handles. As a matter of fact, my PUG entry for this month was taken
with this lens:
http://pug.komkon.org/01mar/noparkin.html
Since there is some interest in this lens, I scanned in a couple of places
with more detail. The first is the bucket on the left side, and the second
is the plywood board corner below the sign. Let's just say this is one
SHARP lens.
http://www.visi.com/~nickmpls/mrbucket.jpg
http://www.visi.com/~nickmpls/plywood.jpg
Of course, this isn't an ideal test situation, mostly because I never
intended it to be a lens test - because the shot was handheld (though
shutter speed was probably 1/250 or faster), plus it's scanned from an 8x10
print rather than the negative, and finally there is nothing really
suitable in the middle that has a lot of detail like that bucket. But it
should give you some ideas about the quality of this lens.
The eBay price is a bit high, I say. I got mine with case, caps, and a
beatup hood for $50. The seller advertised it as having some dust in it.
When I got the lens I found it did have a sticky aperture, but the seller
and I made a deal that left both of us happy, and when I got the lens back
from the repair place the dust was gone too :)
Todd
At 02:29 PM 3/8/01 -0600, you wrote:
>
>There's one of these up on eBay right now at
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1220461760
>
>Has anyone used this lens before? How different is it from the
>M28/2.8? My spec sheet says that the 3.5 version is a 6/6 design (the
>28/2.8 is a 7/7) and yet is a heavier lens than the 28/2.8 (180g
>vs. 156g). It's only half a millimeter longer, and the rest of the specs
>are the same, so what gives?
>
>chris
>
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