The Super Taks are very nice, but not particularly flare resistant. I have a like new 135/3.5 mounted on a Spotmatic in my display case. it will probably stay there. My K 135/2.5 is demonstrably better, and the DA 50-200 is at least the equal of the Super Tak. Time marches on. Paul On Nov 9, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Mat Maessen wrote:
> On 11/9/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This morning I grabbed a 105/2.8 ST and attached it to the istDS. >> I was > ... >> However, what was even more surprising was the quality of the >> results. The >> images needed little in the way of sharpening, and when photographing >> telephone poles and trees against the contrasting sky, I saw no >> evidence of >> purple fringing. > > Hi Shel, > > I had a similar experience with a Super Tak 135/3.5. A lens that I > paid all of $10 for at a camera show. And the bokeh on the lens is > beautifully creamy at the wider apertures. > > Let's keep this our little secret, so we can buy up all of the > underrated screwmount lenses. ;-) > > -Mat > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
