nice shot John. I remember that lens as being a real performer. Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Poirier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:37 PM Subject: PESO: Descanso Bay Shoreline > Hi. I did some lens comparisons the other day and had very impressive > results with a K 85-210/4.5. At f/11 it outperformed all my other zooms > (including the very fine A 70-210) and equalled all my primes excepting > the > K 135/2.5 And Vivitar Series 1 200/3.0 > > The lens is a monster with poor close-focusing ability, originally > purchased > cheap as a lark and as an interesting piece of Pentax history. After the > fact I learned that it was reputed to be the equal of Pentax prime lenses, > a > remarkable acchievement in a mid-seventies zoom. > > I've decided to add it to my digital kit, at least for a while. This is an > early result: > > http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2418/2489818271_b720c8cedf_b.jpg > > Cheers > > John Poirier > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
