I'm in Kansas, you? How much would you want for it? ~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, 3:43 AM > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:32:59PM -0800, Nick Wright wrote: > > # > # 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. > > They're generally a bit long for indoors, but when I > have a chance to > use them, they're very sweet, they're also very > easy and inexpensive > to find. > > Where do you live? I could loan you my 3.5 if you wanted to > play with > it for a while. If you decide you can't bear to part > with it, send me > some money. If you decide it sucks, send it back. > > # > > # 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 > > I think that they are "M", They are all manual, > PK mount. > # > # ~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. > > -- > 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.
