I have the FA135/2.8 ... They look the same optically according to Boz' site, but the mount on the F looks rather different from the FA. For $99 it seems quite a good deal, though.
I haven't used mine on the K10D yet, but it never seemed to focus very slowly on the DS. I guess I should take it for a walk. The web page module in Lightroom beta is perhaps one of the most immature parts of the application. I hope they've pushed it WAY farther than this one goes. Godfrey On Feb 4, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Perry Pellechia 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
