I know at least some Sears lenses were made by Mamiya/Sekor but those ones I know of were M42. Can't say for PK. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lens suggestions > I almost wonder if I can just forego the 85mm altogether. I love my > 85mm on my EOS1D, but it's FOV on that camera is like a 100mm lens on > a 35mm camera. And back when I was shooting Pentax I had a 28/2.8, a > 50/2 and a Sears 135/2.8. And I'll tell you what, that Sears lens was > one of the sharpest lenses I think I've ever owned. I think I paid $5 > for it back when there was a KEH store in Dallas. > > So maybe I will just forego an 85mm? > If you want pretty good quality for less money, take a look at the Jupier-9, 85mm/2.0. Completely manual and Russian-built... quite solid and heavy. Very nice bokeh with something like 20 aperture blades and a good soft-ish image wide-open. http://m42.povlab.org/lens_detail.php?lid=89 BTW, I too have a Sears 135/2.8. Very nice lens... wish I knew who made it for Sears. -Cory -- ************************************************************************ * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************************************ * -- 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
