How is the Pentax-M SMC 100/2.8?

pingflood · 08-25-2008, 08:48 AM

Looking at adding a few more primes, and the 100/2.8 seems to be available at reasonable prices. Sounds like a nice lens -- anybody here NOT like it?

séamuis · 08-25-2008, 08:53 AM

Pentax Lens Review Database - 100mm F2.8

Marc Sabatella · 08-25-2008, 09:28 AM

Originally posted by pingflood

Looking at adding a few more primes, and the 100/2.8 seems to be available at reasonable prices. Sounds like a nice lens -- anybody here NOT like it?

I'll be able to give you my opinion soon, as mine should be arriving any day now. It will joining my M28/2.8, A50/1.7, M135/3.5, and M200/4. I'm a little nervous because at a little over $100, the M100/2.8 was by far the most expensive of the bunch :-). But I've read the reviews here and at stans-photography.com, checked the stats at bdimitrov.de, and seen sample images posted by jsherman and others that assure me I'm going to like it a lot.

jsherman999 · 08-25-2008, 11:08 AM

Yes, it's a very, very good M, my 2nd favorite. I paid $135 (memory) shipped for
an excellent copy, and IMO it's worth that & maybe more.

Peruse the M-Club thread for examples.

.

quarc · 08-25-2008, 11:14 AM

Originally posted by pingflood

Looking at adding a few more primes, and the 100/2.8 seems to be available at reasonable prices. Sounds like a nice lens -- anybody here NOT like it?

That is a really good one. Extremely sharp, and has enough resolution for my K20D. Maybe my copy is excepetional, but at that compact size and that quality, I would not part with it easily.

UliBär · 08-25-2008, 11:30 AM

I got a like new copy some days ago and had no chance to use it thoroughly yet. But the first test shots i took after opening the package are more than promising. On crop it mutates to an uncommon ~150mm kind of view. I will have to make myself familiar with it but i think it is worth the effort.

[edit]
What i immediately liked about this lens is its extreme compactness for its angle of view.

08-25-2008, 08:48 AM	#1
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169	How is the Pentax-M SMC 100/2.8? Looking at adding a few more primes, and the 100/2.8 seems to be available at reasonable prices. Sounds like a nice lens -- anybody here NOT like it?

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08-25-2008, 08:53 AM	#2
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	Pentax Lens Review Database - 100mm F2.8

08-25-2008, 09:28 AM	#3
Marc Sabatella Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver, CO Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,685	Originally posted by pingflood Looking at adding a few more primes, and the 100/2.8 seems to be available at reasonable prices. Sounds like a nice lens -- anybody here NOT like it? I'll be able to give you my opinion soon, as mine should be arriving any day now. It will joining my M28/2.8, A50/1.7, M135/3.5, and M200/4. I'm a little nervous because at a little over $100, the M100/2.8 was by far the most expensive of the bunch :-). But I've read the reviews here and at stans-photography.com, checked the stats at bdimitrov.de, and seen sample images posted by jsherman and others that assure me I'm going to like it a lot.

08-25-2008, 11:08 AM	#4
jsherman999 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,237	Yes, it's a very, very good M, my 2nd favorite. I paid $135 (memory) shipped for an excellent copy, and IMO it's worth that & maybe more. Peruse the M-Club thread for examples. .

08-25-2008, 11:14 AM	#5
quarc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 182	Originally posted by pingflood Looking at adding a few more primes, and the 100/2.8 seems to be available at reasonable prices. Sounds like a nice lens -- anybody here NOT like it? That is a really good one. Extremely sharp, and has enough resolution for my K20D. Maybe my copy is excepetional, but at that compact size and that quality, I would not part with it easily.

08-25-2008, 11:30 AM	#6
UliBär Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Braunschweig, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 59	I got a like new copy some days ago and had no chance to use it thoroughly yet. But the first test shots i took after opening the package are more than promising. On crop it mutates to an uncommon ~150mm kind of view. I will have to make myself familiar with it but i think it is worth the effort. [edit] What i immediately liked about this lens is its extreme compactness for its angle of view.