I'm done with November Single In Challenge and time for my monthly wrap up. In December I participate with M50/4 macro. Still shooting SIC in APSC format and keep on using K5 as my main camera in it to keep my results comparable to previous lenses. After December I only have M35/2.8 and M150/3.5 left in my first test round of M series primes between M28/2.8 and M*300/4. I still haven't found the M150 so at least it will be delayed to later times. I'm quite eager to start the second round in FF
I went into the month with high expectations. This is the tele lens in M series between 100 and 200mm. A lot like M100/2.8, but better in everything. Only negative surprice during the month has been green and purple fringing. It can be quite severe with this lens and need to be taken in consideration. Like all the M's it's a bit soft wide open. Usable for bokeh shots, but I prefer to stop it down to 4 if possible. From f5.6 it's really sharp.
November is probably the worst month to shoot in Finland. Dark, rainy and colorless month and it can be seen in the album:
SIC 2018 11 Pentax M120/2.8 | Flickr
I really like this lens. It's sharp, typical M series rendering and nice bokeh. Also very compact for it's focal lenght so easy to carry on trips. It's been the long lens on my travel bag and continue to be in the future. This lens is a keeper.
This lens is reasonably priced for it's quality and therefore excellent value. It's a bit unusual focal length and not very famous, so apparently people just don't know about it. If you find it somewhere, I recommend you to get it.
Wide open:
f4:
f5.6:
f8:
f8:
f11: