Re: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating)

2004-11-29 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Pat Curran wrote: Thanks to all who responded to my request for a rating of the above lens. Looks like it's one to avoid; pity as KEH have one rated 'bargain' ($94.00) at the moment. You can get a K135/3.5 or M135/3.5 easy with that kind of money. If you add customs and

Re: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating)

2004-11-29 Thread John Francis
Kostas Kavoussanakis mused: On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Pat Curran wrote: Thanks to all who responded to my request for a rating of the above lens. Looks like it's one to avoid; pity as KEH have one rated 'bargain' ($94.00) at the moment. You can get a K135/3.5 or M135/3.5 easy with that

RE: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating)

2004-11-29 Thread Jens Bladt
] Sendt: 29. november 2004 18:32 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating) Kostas Kavoussanakis mused: On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Pat Curran wrote: Thanks to all who responded to my request for a rating of the above lens. Looks like it's one to avoid; pity as KEH have one

Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating)

2004-11-28 Thread Pat Curran
Thanks to all who responded to my request for a rating of the above lens. Looks like it's one to avoid; pity as KEH have one rated 'bargain' ($94.00) at the moment. It looks like the SMC 'M' lenses very often out do their newer 'A' stable mates from what I can see reading PDML posts. I have two

Re: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating)

2004-11-28 Thread Fred
It looks like the SMC 'M' lenses very often out do their newer 'A' stable mates from what I can see reading PDML posts. In my opinion, I do not think that this is usually the case, Pat. In many cases, the M and A lenses are optically virtually identical. Sometimes there may be mere subtle

Re: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating)

2004-11-28 Thread Pat Curran
As ;) Pat - Original Message - From: Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pat Curran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Thanks Guys (135/2.8 A Rating) It looks like the SMC 'M' lenses very often out do their newer 'A' stable mates from what I can see reading