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.
> >
> >
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