On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:32:59PM -0800, Nick Wright wrote: # # That's very interesting. I'm not sure why I hadn't given more thought to the 135 lenses before. My first tele lens was a Sears 135/2.8 that was one of the sharpest lenses I've ever owned.
They're generally a bit long for indoors, but when I have a chance to use them, they're very sweet, they're also very easy and inexpensive to find. Where do you live? I could loan you my 3.5 if you wanted to play with it for a while. If you decide you can't bear to part with it, send me some money. If you decide it sucks, send it back. # # You said yours are the M series? They are quite a bit less expensive # than the others. I think that might be right up my alley. ;D I think that they are "M", They are all manual, PK mount. # # ~Nick David Wright # http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ # # # --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: # # > From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> # > Subject: Re: short tele primes # > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> # > Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 3:15 AM # > They're a little bit longer than the range you # > mentioned, but I really # > like my M135s. # > # > I started out with the 3.5 # > http://flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157606933007213/ # > # > and liked shooting with it so much I got a 2.5: # > http://flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612665849907/ # > # > Those aren't the only lenses I was shooting with each # > of those # > nights. At the other end of the short tele scale is my # > FA77, but # > that's not an inexpensive lens: # > # > 135/3.5: # > http://flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/2794369036/in/set-72157606933007213/ # > # > 135/2.5: # > http://flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3205338605/sizes/l/in/set-72157612707149030/ # > # > I ought to sell my 135. I think I paid between $60 and $80 # > plus # > shipping. It is, however, a bit smaller than the 2.5, so # > I'm not # > trying too hard to sell it. # > # > I'm currently bidding on an M100/2.8 in Oz. It's up # > to AU $100, and I # > probably ought to save my money for the DFA 100/2.8 macro. # > # > -- # > It's not the steps in the dance, it's the # > dance in the steps. # > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com # > http://www.red4est.com/lrc # > # > # > -- # > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List # > PDML@pdml.net # > 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 # PDML@pdml.net # http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net # to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
