So the lens marked ugly only had a scuff on the barrel? Really?! Nothing wrong with the glass? Ugh. I almost considered going for it considering Keh's generous return policy but then I had to go and break my A35-105/3.5. I did get a very nice replacement a few days later from a kind member of pentax forums that focuses properly and had very pristine looking glass. You should test it some more and tell us how it holds up. I've been eyeing up the sigma 400mm lenses because I think it would be a good FL for a lot of things and PF seems to give them good reviews for the most part. You know...if you ever feel like parting with that ugly lens.... ;)
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > This lens was pointed out as available at KEH, I figured I would give it a > try. > > The lens is ugly. The barrel is an off-putting dirty creamy whitish color, > and there is a small scuff mark on the barrel. And it was without front or > rear lens cap. Otherwise I have found nothing obviously wrong. > > A reasonably clear night tonight so I tried the lens out on the moon. > This is a full frame image - no cropping. Some tweeking of the exposure, very > minimal sharpening and noise reduction. > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h7bb2025f#h7bb2025f > > The next one in the gallery > (direct link here: > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h7bb2025f#h74fea36f) > is the reflection of the moon through some floating weeds along the riverbank. > > My initial impression is that this is not bad for a $100 lens. > > stan > -- > 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.
