HI, I would reccomend the K85/1.8 (i have this and love it). Also I've owned the 135/3.5 and 135/2.5 and there both excellent lenses. Although i find a little long for portraits.
Regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: RE: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth. > Thanks Paul, > >The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never seen one in a shop, > What would you - or anyone else - recommend for a (less expensive) portrait > lens? > Cheers, > Simon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 19 April 2002 10:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth. > > > All the melbourne people already stalk out all the shops to get the good > stuff :) Probaly Michaels is your best bet, they have some good later model > pentax lenses in there window. > > The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never seen one in a shop, infact > i've only seen one ever. > > regards, > paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:32 AM > Subject: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth. > > > > Hi all, > > I'll be in Melbourne next week and was wondering if anyone could recommend > a > > good place to hunt for a 2nd hand Pentax lens. > > I'm after a SMC A 135/1.8 or similar. Is there anywhere special that > PDMLers > > go? Is CR Kennedy worth a try? > > Cheers, > > Simon > > --------------------------------- > > As usual, I follow a question with a joke... > > > > The symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. > > In the piece, there's a long passage, about 20 minutes, during which the > > bass violinists have nothing to do. > > Rather than sit around that whole time looking stupid, some bassists > decided > > to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one. After > > slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his > watch > > and said, "Hey! We need to get back!" > > "No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need some > > extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together > > with string. It will take him a few minutes to get it untangled." > > A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their > > places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed > > the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion. > > "Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of > > the Ninth, the score is tied, and the bassists are loaded." > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
