Regarding K series wide angles, there is a trio of F3.5 that are all excellent. The k24/3.5, K28/3.5, and k35/3.5
I wouldn't call K series lenses rare, but they aint common either, most of them were only made for 3 years before discontinued by pentax for m versions which are more common due to being made for about 5-6 years before the A's came along. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 7:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8 On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > >> The so called "K series" lenses were the first batch of >> lenses with the K bayonet. They are marked "SMC Pentax" >> without any suffix. When the later M series lenses came >> out they were labelled "smc pentax -M" and so forth >> with the -A -F -FA -DA suffix. > > Ah, that clarifies it, J.C. Are such lenses still common? I don't > recall seeing any, but just having learned how they would be > identified I may simply not have noticed them. > The "K series" lenses are not particularly rare, because quite a few were made. In general, they're much better build quality than the M or A series. Some are optically superb as well, including that K 28/3.5. I sold mine to JCO a while back. I believe the price was around $130 in an ebay auction. I still have a K series 85/1.8, and it's a truly superb lens. Paul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
