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.
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 ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: short tele primes > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected] > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
