Your 135mm lenses must have been pretty cheap. The cheapest long lens,
(it wasn't a telephoto design), available that I remember from that time
was the Spiritone T mount 400mm preset f 8.0. IIRC you could buy one
for about a third what than a decent 135mm f2.8 automatic lens from a
third party importer such as Vivitar. They were actually pretty good
lenses if you knew how to use them. My longest lens at the time was a
Super Takumar 150mm f4.0 which I got a very good deal on as the new
Super Multi Coated Takumars were replacing them in the stores. Ah, the
good old days, when you could visit an actual camera store and see
actual Pentax equipment on sale.
On 5/18/2013 7:44 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On May 18, 2013, at 14:48 , John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
Back in the 70s a 135 mm was the longest telephoto I could afford
without having to sell internal organs.
Same here!
When I was in a situation that required an 80-200 for some "reach" (Rolling
Stones show in 1982 - I ended up in the front row), I had to borrow one from a friend.
It was a magical thing - wow. Otherwise I had the Takumar 135 f2.5 ... which I'm still
using today.
-Charles
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