Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-23 Thread brooksdj
Keith said Okay then, which were less than perfect for you? BW or color? Some eyes view colors which tend to focus at different points, making the image seem unclear or a teeny bit out of focus; but in turn view BW as in plane and well focused...

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread Peter J. Alling
I haven't exactly used the M 3.5 but I was happy with the K 3.5 until I picked up a K 2.3. Even then it didn't seem too horribly slow especially by modern standards. Based on what I've read it should be a more than acceptable optic. Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I picked one up yesterday @

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Peter J. Alling wrote: I haven't exactly used the M 3.5 but I was happy with the K 3.5 until I I too have the K135/3.5, but it's a different lens (and I like it very much too, though I would like to try a K2.5-not takumar-to see if I can hand-hold it for available light).

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread William Johnson
, and an M85/2. William in Utah - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 7:04 AM Subject: Character of M135/3.5 I picked one up yesterday @ Midwest. It was interesting to look at the cast of the coatings

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread brooksdj
I did some test shots with my 150 and 135 f 3.5last year, with slide film and am very happy with slide and BW results. Either the mini lab i deal with or the film choices i use are not good,but my proofs are not that great with any of my M lenses.To soft. The BW and slides are very sharp. I do

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread brooksdj
Both Keith. I did a similar test with the 28-105 i bought from Joe W. in February. The colour slides and the BW were just great.Tack sharp. I shot some colour neg film for horse passports and again they did not lookt quite right. Therefore: i'm assuming its in the film or proccessing.I did

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread Alan Chan
Here are some M135/3.5 shots. :-) http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/pentax_m13535 Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Okay, David, which was it? If your BW (prints?) are very sharp, as are your slides (I assume color?) were both shot thru the same lens? Or different lenses? Which was

Re: Character of M135/3.5

2004-04-22 Thread Keith Whaley
Very well done! Nicely focussed. But, still no answer to my query re wich lens was best. keith Alan Chan wrote: Here are some M135/3.5 shots. :-) http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/pentax_m13535 Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Okay, David, which was it? If your BW (prints?) are