[jcdoss]

Here's the Grand Canyon, probably f/8 or f/11, taken with the M85. I've got a few more landscapey shots taken with this lens at my Flickr page. Check the M85 album I created.


Grand Canyon taken with Sony NEX-6 and Pentax-M 85/2 by Jason Doss, on Flickr

[CreationBear]

JC-- Very educational, thanks! From your shots of Hamburg harbor and the "Bingen Treeline" capture, the M85 does seem to be a bit more well-mannered than my K135/2.5. Now I just have to convince myself that there's a "gap" between that lens and the K55/1.8...

[Jonathan Mac]

Jonathan--what a great landscape! I'd be very interested in your experience with that lens stopped down a bit--it's not quite the legend that the K85/1.8 is (much less the A* version)--but I seem to remember Utak's approbation. Since I shoot more trees and rocks than supermodels, I can live without exquisite bokeh if the lens is sharp at infinity and reasonably well-behaved, fringing-wise.

Thanks. The 85mm is quite soft wide open and with significant blue fringing. Stopped down to f/2.8 both of these improve a lot. For landscapes, so stopped down to around f/8, the lens is quite sharp. I don't think it reaches the sharpness levels of a fast fifty or 35mm lens at such apertures but it's very respectable.

[CreationBear]

it's very respectable

Thanks for the feedback--it's such a great focal length on a crop sensor, I think. (I just have to decide whether the "gap" is on the short or long end...I've been obsessing over 35mm options at the same time.)

[Cuthbert]

Thanks. The 85mm is quite soft wide open and with significant blue fringing. Stopped down to f/2.8 both of these improve a lot. For landscapes, so stopped down to around f/8, the lens is quite sharp. I don't think it reaches the sharpness levels of a fast fifty or 35mm lens at such apertures but it's very respectable.

Mmm...mine is sharp a f2:








At f8 it looks like this:








It's one of my favourite lenses and the "standard" choice for my LX. The Nikkor 85mm f1.8 is also a good lens but it has much more distortion barrel and a swirly bokeh, it's also an older lens.

[Piotrek K]

I had to use M 135/3.5 for wildlife which was totally enexpected. Anyway I'm quite happy with some of the results.

[rjm007]

Slightly overcast day. But here's my shadow of the last 8+ years.

SMC-M 28/2.8 (I could probably upgrade it but after nearly 40yrs I'd feel disloyal)

[SunValley]

M 28/2.8 @ f/4.8, 6 s iso 100 on K-30. This is actually a two frame panorama of Venus Mars and Jupiter over Montreal skyline. As rjm 007 I'm thinking of upgrading someday but it still can do the job.

[jcdoss]

Wesley taken with Super Program and Pentax-M 20/4 on HP5+ pushed to 1600 by Jason Doss, on Flickr

[ChristianRock]

Remain very impressed with what something as simple and cheap as a SMC-M 50mm F1.7 can do.

Wow. Great reds!

This is also the M 50 1.7.

[grispie]

Slightly overcast day. But here's my shadow of the last 8+ years.

lovely image!

[rjm007]

OK - it's more shots of the hound but this Pentax SMC M 28/2.8 continues to be fun to use. Original is even sharper than this link.

Mustard mit I use the focus magnifier to get it sharper than I can rely on using my own eyes on the full frame. I'm getting old :-)

[SunValley]

My very favorite picture taken with my M28 2.8. It is comet Hale-Bopp seen on the evening of March 27 1997. Shot with my K-1000 on a fixed Manfrotto tripod. 45 sec exposure @f/2.8 on Kodacolor Gold 200. Took a whole week to get the prints back and then have them scanned for posting on "sci.astro.pictures".

[Jacquot]

My very favorite picture taken with my M28 2.8. It is comet Hale-Bopp seen on the evening of March 27 1997. Shot with my K-1000 on a fixed Manfrotto tripod. 45 sec exposure @f/2.8 on Kodacolor Gold 200. Took a whole week to get the prints back and then have them scanned for posting on "sci.astro.pictures".

Fantastic! Great capture.

[djb47]

Great shot SunValley.