Over the rainy weekend I cruised through some of the Forum's lens reviews, noticed a single review of the K28/2 and remembered that I actually own one of these geezers. I bought it in 1981 (long after the K series had been replaced by the M lenses) from St. Louis Photo Supply (which located a demonstrator from a Pentax rep) for around 60-80 bucks if memory serves. Here are some sample shots I grabbed around the house this PM. Frankly, at f/2, it looks pretty soft - but these were handheld (by a semi-old man) and - of course - manually focused through the dim viewfinder of a modern, AF SLR. The others, shot at f/8, look OK. I thought some of ya'll might be interested.

Jer

shot at f/2



shot at f/2



shot at f/8



shot at f/8

[daacon]

A nice old fine there Jer - with enough light that lens looks pretty sharp.

[monochrome]

Sharp - especially the last.

That lens is a lust-item. Right up there with the K28/3.5 - they should be about equal. If we get any sun I'll post something new on this thread for comparison.

[Jimbo]

Good lenses just never get bad. Thanks for reminding us Jer. JIM

[Sailor]

A nice old fine there Jer - with enough light that lens looks pretty sharp.

Good lenses just never get bad. Thanks for reminding us Jer. JIM

These old lenses can produce, but I'm spoiled with DA lenses - not only AF, but all of the exposure variations available, as well.

Jer

[Sailor]

Sharp - especially the last.

That lens is a lust-item. Right up there with the K28/3.5 - they should be about equal. If we get any sun I'll post something new on this thread for comparison.

I'm lookin forward to seeing them.

Jer