In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre Langevin) wrote:
> Third party zooms are your best choice as only the rare 45-125mm > Takumar will work at full aperture. I'm afraid I'm not the one who > could suggest some good third party zooms. Third-party zooms with full-aperture metering are easiest in Tamron, as the Adaptall Pentax/ES mounts from the eighties will fit recent Adaptall 2 and Adaptall SP lenses, most of which are decent. I have 17/3.5, 24/2.5 and 500/8.0 Tamrons, since they're a load easier to come by than Pentax lenses in those focal lengths, and I can switch mounts to use them on K-mount. The Adaptall Pentax/ES mounts are kind of scarce these days, though. Not usually expensive, just few and far between. If you don't insist on a zoom lens, SMC Takumars are very easy to acquire in 28/3.5, 35/3.5 and 135/3.5, but rather scarcer in other focal lengths, at least in the UK. I reckon Pentax probably sold as many of those three in screw-mount days as they did of all their other lenses put together (excluding the 50 and 55 standard lenses). --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
