On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:12 AM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been tempted by this lens in the past, but the institutional wisdom of > the list leans against it, according to Stan Halpin's page at least. > > http://stans-photography.info/LongComments.html#135%20mm%20f/2.8%20A >
I think I have used all of the 135's Pentax could dish out (except for the *s which I could not afford) including the non-SMC Takumars (both the 2.5 and 2.8 versions). They are surprisingly sharp although with a real bad propensity to flare. At the end of the day, I still have the... SMC Pentax K 135/2.5 SMC Takumar 135/2.5 (M42) SMC Pentax A 135/2.8 My favorite is still the K version. About the A version, comments in Stan's page is spot on, but it was the lens I had with me when I took this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2695572641/ Note, if you get curious enough to view the EXIF data, it would say 70mm, but that was because I switched from an A35-70/4 and forgot to change the SR setting... Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
