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04-23-2016, 09:25 AM   #1
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SMC Pentax-A 135mm F2.8 - production date puzzle

Going through some of my old camera equipment manuals and gear today and came across a puzzle.

I found the receipt for my SMC Pentax-A 135mm F2.8 purchased on Sept. 24, 1983.

Serial number on the lens I still have in my possession jives with the receipt.

Date on the receipt corresponds to the address where I was living at that time.

As the lens database lists the production dates for the SMC Pentax-A 135mm F2.8 as 1985 to 1989, how did I buy this lens in 1983?

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The database is wrong.The A 135 was only produced for a short time at the beginning of the A series, so 1983...
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I suspect the info in the database has been copied from A 135/2.8
Probably best updating that site before making changes to the PF database
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I noticed the same production date on the other site as well.

Serious coin for this lens when I bought it, relative to my income at the time - 149.00 CDN.

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QuoteOriginally posted by YeOldePentaxian Quote
I noticed the same production date on the other site as well.

Serious coin for this lens when I bought it, relative to my income at the time - 149.00 CDN.
It always had a poor reputation among film users. Probably because PopPhoto gave it a bad review, and it used the same optical formula as the Takumar Bayonet 135/2.5. On an APSC DSLR it is a sharp fast lens with a 200mm equivalent focal length. I picked up mine from Shopgoodwill.com with a SuperProgram, 28/2.8, 50/1.7 and a flash for $190 shipped in 2010. The original manuals and advertising were included, it had the M lens flyer and an A lens insert. So it had to be from '83 or '84.
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The A135/2.8 was in the first batch of 14 "A Series" lenses released in 1983. It appears in a booklet I have dated 1/83.

1983 is also the year Pentax released the Super A/Super Program, which supported these new A Series lenses.

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