OH Crap!
Darn outlook filters run amuck!
I think Microsoft is part of the conspiracy...
Cory Waters
why does bread get hard when left out while chips get soft?
----- Original Message -----
From: "CBWaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Didn't someone want a 135/1.8?
> did you mean to send this to Steve or are you part of the conspiracy to
> drive me insane?
>
>
> BTW, Sunday morning (Feb 10) sounds of AFAIK. What's to do? Also, I'll
be
> at the Marriott in Oakland I think.
>
> Cory
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Didn't someone want a 135/1.8?
>
>
> > Steve, if you recall, I used your Viv1 135mm to photograph some parrots
> > when we went to the zoo in Santa Barbara last year. I only shot three
> > or four frames with it, and then went back to using the Pentax K85/1.8.
> > When the photos were printed, it was obvious that the color saturation -
> > the vividness of the colors - was noticeably less than that of the
> > K85/1.8. Granted, the photo was quite sharp and detailed, but I was
> > surprised at the difference in color quality. Have you ever made some
> > direct comparisons in this area with other lenses? It might be
> > interesting to compare the K135/2.5 with your Vivitar.
> >
> > Paul sent me some lenses to play around with, and I think one was a
> > wide-angle Viv1. If so, I'll compare it to some Pentax and other lenses
> > with a similar focal length - and will finally be able to check the
> > 50/1.2 focusing you asked about, too.
> >
> >
> > Steve Larson wrote:
> > >
> > > I can agree with that. I do not have any experience with the Pentax
> 135/2.5,
> > > but I can attest to the
> > > VS1 135/2.3 as being a great lens, especially the K-mount variety with
> the
> > > superb coatings.
> > > Steve Larson
> > > Redondo Beach, California
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:16 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Didn't someone want a 135/1.8?
> > >
> > > > Fred wrote:
> > > > Almost as fast as the Vivitar Series 1 135/2.3 (and more plentiful
> > > > and often less expensive), and a superb lens in its own right, is
> > > > the K 135/2.5 ("the poor man's A* 135/1.8").
> > > >
> > > > Fred,
> > > > The SMC 135/2.5K is a fine performer from f/5.6 onward. But it has
not
> > > lived up to my hopes at f/2.5 to f/4. That's why, though I already
owned
> the
> > > K, I bought the Vivitar. (That, and the Vivitar's 0.9 m close focus).
I
> > > think my fellow Series One enthusiast Steve Larson would agree.
> > > >
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