Re: K135/2.5 vs FA 135/2.8 (was Re: Vivitar 135/2.3 lens ?)

2003-06-01 Thread Caveman
I just visited Boz's site and it mentions a 5-5 design for the K 200/4 (which is also a nice lens I'd say), so I suspect that Fred is reffering to the A 200/4 (which is one of the lenses that I don't hear much about, it's not very popular or rare or something). Fred wrote: The K 135/2.5 is

Re: K135/2.5 vs FA 135/2.8 (was Re: Vivitar 135/2.3 lens ?)

2003-06-01 Thread Fred
The K 135/2.5 is also one of only three Pentax lenses that have the same optical design (according to lens element diagrams) - the K 135/2.5, the K 200/2.5, and the A* 200/2.8. (Note that it's not just the 6 elements in 6 groups configuration that they share - it's also that their optical

K135/2.5 vs FA 135/2.8 (was Re: Vivitar 135/2.3 lens ?)

2003-05-31 Thread Caveman
This gives me the idea to ask - did anyone compare the character of the two Pentax lenses ? And give us a couple of hints on the optics of these two lenses, from a comparative pov ? cheers, caveman zcaballero wrote: Hello, I use once and also the Pentax 135mm 2.5 lens to photo same subject on