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Spiratone samples. I don't know which formula here, but it looks different than the Plura-Coat samples I looked at, so maybe the first one. Bokeh is very interesting. I like it personally but its not bokehlicious by any means. Still, very nice dof even on a crop sensor. http://kiev.ko.slando.ua/obyavlenie/krayne-redkiy-svetosilnyy-soligor-135-mm-1-8-m42-ID6lspJ.html Soligar 135 1.8 info. 15 blades! http://www.pbase.com/pganzel/samigon_135mm_f18_on_maxxum_7d Soligar 1.8 samples. I think the bokeh on the Spiratone is much better. The soligar has hard distracting bokeh. Probably due to the simplified lens formula. So I guess spiratone had two good to superb 135 1.8s. I would like to know what took the band pictures. I really like the bokeh. I'm guessing it was not the plura-coat which I think was newer and more rare and featured a much reduced optical formula. The bokeh on the pluracoat samples I saw didn't look as dreamy. So looking some more, the Y/S mount Spiratone 135 1.8 Telephoto was made by Sun and the Plura-Coat that Mitake made was M42. The Sun lens doesn't look multicoated, but has great bokeh. Interesting. I think I want to find one of these lenses now. 135mm is a very useful focal length on aps-c IMO. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > That optical formula chart is amazing. Look at how they totally cheap > out on the Tokina 135. They omit a rear group in the spiratone that > the sigma has and the pentax looks like it has further corrective > glass. No ED glass. Fascinating. The Zeiss glass looks like the one to > get. Go figure. I'm guessing its A-Mount only. > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: >> OOPS let me see if I can clear this up. I mis-rememered. It was late it was >> dark I did not have lens in front of me. OK I'm old. My 135mm f1.8 is indeed >> the Spiratone. I thought I had owned the 85mm but it was the 135. >> But I was sure when I was hunting up this lens I saw a JC Penny Label. And >> I did, it was on a 28-80 3.5 tele . I also found my 90-230 Sears tele. The >> JC Penny is a K- mount the other two are the old 42. Using various adapters >> I tested these on K-01 and Oly 4/3s. >> I also tested some Canon tread mount lenses from a rangefinder camera with >> bad results - they only focus close-up nothing beyond a few inches. >> >> Photos when I get time. Sorry about confusion but thanks for forcing me >> into the storeroom. >> >> >> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Message: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:02:50 -0400 From: "J.C. O'Connell" >>> <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Is the A* 135mm f1.8 on your Bucket List? Message-ID: >>> <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; >>> >>> charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 10/28/2013 5:50 PM, Darren Addy >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >Not necessarily. m42 135mm f1.8s were manufactured by Sigma, Mitake, >>>> >and Tokina (at the very least) and sold under a variety of brand >>>> >names. >>>> >Still, I'd love to see pictures, as I've never before heard of a JC >>>> >Penney branded version. >>>> > >>>> >I doubt if one would confuse the image quality of one of those with >>>> >the A* 135mm f1.8 or the Zeiss version (natch). Still, one could have >>>> >some fun! >>> >>> I had a Sigma back in the film days that I bought at the Miami >>> International Camera >>> show back in the late 80's new old stock in the box. It was single >>> coated and was a flare >>> magnet and was bulky as hell on the front of my spotmatic without any >>> addtional >>> grip. Never used it much, sold it off in the late 90's with most of my >>> other none pentax >>> lenses. >>> >>>> > >>>> >On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Larry Colen<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>I think that someone is confusing the JC Penny 2.8 with a 1.8. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >>On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 04:14:30PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>I'm guessing that Don is being serious. I'd love to see some photos >>>>>> >>> of >>>>>> >>>that lens, Don! Does it have a tripod foot on it? How many aperture >>>>>> >>>blades. Inquiring minds want to know! >>>>>> >>>:) >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:42 PM, J.C. O'Connell<[email protected]> >>>>>> >>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>On 10/28/2013 3:40 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>I would sure sell my 135mm f1.8 JC Penny Pentax screw mount lens >>>>>>>> >>>>> for less >>>>>>>> >>>>>than that. Although it does take some interesting photos on my >>>>>>>> >>>>> micro 4/3 >>>>>>>> >>>>>Oly. Thanks Darren for causing me to dig it out storage. >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>Are you joking or did jc penny actually sell a 135mm f1.8 lens??? >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.
