In a message dated 4/20/02 11:36:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i feel like i am completely missing something here. are these lenses
collectibles (i wasn't aware pentax glass has this status) or simply so
much better than competition (i mean, cannon 85/1.2 goes
Wasn't Canon lens a f/0.95 and not f/0.79? I'm pretty sure it was.
Lukasz
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I never could understand why people pay so much for these, except the
consumerism and lust factor. I mean, the 1.8/85 is great lens (the
very similar or same Zeiss/Zeiss Jena design is great) but a lens designed
mainly for wide open performance with use of advanced glass types like
the 1.2 or 1.4
The 120K is the big brother of the legendary 105/2.8K. Every bit as good,
according to those who have owned both. If you're just starting to build a
set of primes, the 120 can replace a 100 and 135. You can then get a 90/2.5
or 2.8 macro, which perhaps will satisfy your craving for an 85/1.8.
Hey--Who is this guy who's trying to inject a dose of commonsense into our
support group?
Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i feel like i am completely missing something here. are these lenses
collectibles (i wasn't aware pentax glass has this status) or simply so
much better than competition
A US website listed a K28/2, same condition, same price, once in 1999,
again in 2000. Each time, I discovered it a few day after the lens was sold.
I also missed one in Finland.
I finally found one on a Kansas site for about $260. It's still the
costliest lens I own below 200mm.
I just
, April 20, 2002 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Rare 35mm lenses (was Re: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's
Ninth.)
Hey--Who is this guy who's trying to inject a dose of commonsense into our
support group?
Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i feel like i am completely missing something here
got 3 new lenses this month, and i have a feeling they are dying
to refract some light...
Sounds like a good month, Mishka !!!
Time to take the new glass out for some refractive therapy (good for
them and good for you - g).
Fred
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I guess, what I want to know is, those are that expensive simply because
they have collectible status, or because they blow away all the competition?
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Simon King wrote:
joke...
Is there an ethnologist in the house?
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What would you - or anyone else - recommend for a (less expensive)
portrait lens?
If you mean a (less expensive) 135mm portrait lens, I'd recommend
the SMC Pentax (K) 135/2.5 (but ~not~ the so-called Takumar
Bayonet 135/2.5).
Fred
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, April 19, 2002 2:53 PM
Subject: RE: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth.
Thanks Paul,
The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never seen one in a shop,
What would you - or anyone else - recommend for a (less expensive)
portrait
lens?
Cheers,
Simon
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Paul,
I think Mishka asked the right question about cost and availability. The K
85/1.8 is one of the most expensive and rare Pentax 35mm lenses. The other
two are the A*135/1.8 and the A*85/1.4. You just can't find them, or when
you do, they are outrageously expensive.
I know, I know,
I have the 120 f2.8 and love it. If you can find it, grab it.
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A couple weeks ago there were still two or three for sale at
http://www.kevincameras.com in the USA, including one discounted to $400 or
less because of a dent in the filter ring.
Paul Franklin Stregevsky
13 Selby Court
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I know, I know, someone of you traded a used 50mm f2 and some
bubble gum wrappers for one. But most of the rest of us, we spend
years looking for these lenses.
I was fortunate enough to be able to find some of the toughies you
mentioned (A* 135/1.8, A* 85/1.4, K 85/1.8) before they
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Subject: Re: Rare 35mm lenses (was Re: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's
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I know, I know, someone of you traded a used 50mm f2 and some
bubble gum wrappers for one. But most of the rest of us, we spend
years looking
From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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i feel like i am completely missing something here. are these lenses
collectibles (i wasn't aware pentax glass has this status) or simply so
much better than competition (i mean, cannon 85/1.2 goes
I guess, what I want to know is, those are that expensive simply because
they have collectible status, or because they blow away all the competition?
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IMHO, the limited lenses are restoring their glory. The K
series was produced at time that quality meant everything. Then economics
and saleability prevailed.
As far as I understand, A* lenses have never been victims of economics and
saleability. Still, FA* 85/1.4 goes for what (older)
On 20 Apr 2002 at 1:00, Mishka wrote:
As far as I understand, A* lenses have never been victims of economics and
saleability. Still, FA* 85/1.4 goes for what (older) A*85/1.4 and (a lot older
and slower) K85/1.8 I don't have doubts that they are good. My question is, are
they *that* good?
Still, FA* 85/1.4 goes for what (older) A*85/1.4 and (a lot
older and slower) K85/1.8 I don't have doubts that they are good. My
question is, are they *that* good?
The K85/1.8 is very rare and sought after both as user and collectable.
Optically, it is the same as the SMC Takumar. It is a
Some one, some the other, and some both.
Mishka wrote:
I guess, what I want to know is, those are that expensive simply because
they have collectible status, or because they blow away all the competition?
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Hi all,
I'll be in Melbourne next week and was wondering if anyone could recommend a
good place to hunt for a 2nd hand Pentax lens.
I'm after a SMC A 135/1.8 or similar. Is there anywhere special that PDMLers
go? Is CR Kennedy worth a try?
Cheers,
Simon
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From: Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi all,
I'll be in Melbourne next week and was wondering if anyone could recommend
a
good place to hunt for a 2nd hand
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All the melbourne people already stalk out all the shops to get the good
stuff :) Probaly Michaels is your best bet, they have some good later model
pentax lenses in there window.
The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never
On 19 Apr 2002 at 12:53, Simon King wrote:
Thanks Paul,
The 135/1.8 is a pricey lense and i have never seen one in a shop,
What would you - or anyone else - recommend for a (less expensive) portrait
lens? Cheers, Simon
Hi Simon,
If you are specifically interested in the 135mm FL then
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From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australia is a Pentax wasteland unless you're after a SuperA, K-1000s or
MZ-50s
and of course Pentax mount Sigma lenses which 95% of Pentax SLRs sold here
come
bundled with :-(
Rob,
It would only take one dealer
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Australia is a Pentax wasteland unless you're after a SuperA, K-1000s or
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and of course
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