Scoot,
I guess you can call it "magic glass" but the SMC-K 105mm f/2.8 is definitely
a better performer than the SMC-M 100mm f/2.8; this is not to say that
the M 100/2.8 is a poor performer by any standards.
I have owned both and the K 105/2.8 produced much sharper images with
excellent bokeh. I guess the high price is because the K 105/2.8 rarely
shows up on eBay or camera stores very much...
Regards,
--
Jose R. Rodriguez
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pflugerville, TX
---- Scooterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's all the hub-bub over this lens for?
>
> Nathan's camera (definitely NOT my first choice) has a M100/2.8 for
> $200. Or does the 105 have the equivalent of "magic glass"??
>
> If you had a 105/2.8 & a 100/2.8 side-by-side... why'd you choose one
> over the other??
>
> http://www.vintagevisuals.com/pentax.htm has 2 screw mount 105/2.8
> Takumar's for less than $200 Canadian.
> ==========================================
> Thanks John Mustarde
> For the info RE: your experience with 500mm f8 mirror lens... & a nice
> website.
>
> 400 ISO film is pretty much all I buy (the gal at the drugstore is
> gonna
> screw it up anyway). Fuji seems to survive the best. But that's ME,
> in
> my area.... other's may have different results/preferences.
>
> One lister went to the Superbike meet. I got some kick-booty shots
> with
> Fuji 800 & a 70~200 zoom with a Kiron 2x adaptor. Quite a few shots
> with
> the rider juuusst at the apex of their jump. I was amazed that a
> semi-manual system could do so well. (Program Plus).
>
> Someone from the list warned me that some 500mm f8's are really f11's
>
> (& offered to sell me some Ukranian glass). I dunno, I'm still kicking
> tires. We'll see. (Ever get a new tripod for the 600mm?)
>
>
> BTW.... what's the story with the Gold LX? Surely it's not Gold gold?
> It has Titanium Nitride coating? Polished Bronze plating? Or actual
> 10k
> gold??
>
> thanks
>
> Scoot
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