Hi Paul!!! Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: FS: Vivitar Series One 135/2.3K lens, $200 > Greetings, all. Longtime PDMLers know me as a Ricoh enthusiast and self-styled > expert in obscure third-party lenses. I participated in PDML on and off from > 1999 through 2002. I'm still shooting exclusively with film, excluslively with > manual-focus bodies and lenses. But no longer excluslively with primes: I just > bought a Tamron SP LD 80-200/2.8 zoom. I got tired of switching between my 90, > 135, and 200 when shooting school events in auditoriums. > > Like Steve Larson, I am a zealous fan of Vivitar Series One lenses. So it is > with sadness that I have decided to sell my Series One 135/2.3K lens. But my > Tamron zoom now covers that focal length for special events, and the Vivitar is > just too darn big and heavy to use as a general-purpose lens. > > In K mount (but not in screwmount), this lens is VMC multicoated. It can focus > to 3 feet, for a magnification of 1:4.5. It weighs about 24 ounces (675g). I > have a photo from Fred that I'm sure he won't mind my sharing--maybe it's on > his website--that shows it alongside four Pentax 135s. > > I would guess that the condition is EX or EX+; I just don't pay attention to > these things. The glass is clean and has been protected by me and by the former > owner by a filter. > > The K-mount 135/2.3 is a rare and special lens, and I want to keep it in the > family, so I am offering it to PDMLers first. If there are no takers by the end > of August, I'll offer it on eBay. > > My price is $200--about what KEH is currently charging for each of three used > Pentax 135/2.8 F and FA lenses. The original Series One box is included. > > I will ship anywhere. I accept PayPal (cash or credit card), BidPay, or US or > international money order. Insured shipping is $10 within the USA, $14 to > Canada, at cost (with insurance) everywhere else. > > If you don't have the money now, I will accept $100 now, the rest by the end of > September. > > Paul Stregevsky > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Get your free email account at mail2go.com today! > > Click here <http://www.mail2go.com> to open your account. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >
