I thought so too. It in really great condition and had the original caps and case.
On 2/4/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $99 is a good deal for an F135/2.8. .Regards, Bob S. > > On 2/4/07, Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had a chance to buy a SMC-F 135mm 2:8 off of eBay and took a chance > > (BIN $99 + shipping). I am usually a "zoom" guy, but I am slowly > > building my prime lens options. I find the F135 is a pretty sharp > > performer but the contrast is a little flat.. It is nothing that > > cannot be punched up in post processing. The lens if fairly well > > built and handles very nicely on the K10D. AF is not especially > > speedy and I find that it hunts more that I would have thought. The > > focal length is a little longish, but I tend to favor my longer zooms > > for what I shoot. Overall I think I got a good deal. > > > > Here are some test shots from in and around the house. There is no > > great art here, I was just shooting at objects trying to get a feel > > for the lens. There are the obligatory cat photos for you feline > > fans: > > > > http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry/smc-f135/content/index.html > > > > Taken with the K10D, RAW (DNG) + JPG, minimal processing in Lightroom. > > > > Any and all comments appreciated. > > > > I was also using this test as an opportunity to learn Lightroom's web > > page creation. There are some nice thing about it but there are also > > some limitations. The opened image size is restricted by the matrix > > size defined by the gallery. The image size will always be restricted > > within the "light gray" area of the gallery. You can force the image > > to show larger only if you define the gallery size larger (i.e. 5x4). > > If this is larger than the number photos in the gallery (like mine) it > > looks funny. Hope they fixed this in the released version. > > > > > > -- > > <----------------------------------------------------> > > Perry Pellechia > > > > Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry > > <----------------------------------------------------> > > > > -- > > 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 > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

