On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:11 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: > There IS an SMC K mount 135mm f2.5 that is a good and sought after > lens, but is it does NOT say "Takumar" on it. It simply says SMC > Pentax. If you find that, buy it. It is purportedly the same optical > design as its predecessor, the screw mount 135mm f2.5. > > One thing I have learned is that faster does not necessarily equal > "better" for Image Quality. Often the opposite is true. (I LOVE the > old preset screw mount Tele-Takumar 200mm f5.6 for example, for it's > color rendition and contrast, even though it is not as fast as the > more common f4 200mm lenses).
Thanks, again Darrel -- on both counts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
