Manual Zoom Club

**onlineflyer** · 09-03-2019, 04:10 PM - **2 Likes**

I want to share my love for the M 35-70 f2.8-3.5, it's a gem of a lens. Here's an example, original and crop, shot with a K-5iis. It's from a jpeg with minimum pp. Cross post from the M Club.

**onlineflyer** · 09-07-2019, 03:09 PM - **3 Likes**

Vivitar Series 1 90-180mm f4.5 + K-4iis

**ivanvernon** · 09-07-2019, 05:40 PM - **2 Likes**

This lens is clearly presented and labelled as a macro but is actually more of a close-up lens. The close-up shots with this lens may nowadays be rejected by many users as not sufficiently sharp, but I consider them at least usable.

Piotrek K · 10-01-2019, 06:17 AM - **5 Likes**

SMC-Pentax M 75-150 at 150 wide open. If I do my part this lens newer disappoints me. I use it wide-open 95% of the time.

**paulh** · 10-12-2019, 02:48 PM - **4 Likes**

Tokina RMC 80-200 on K-5:

ChristianRock · 10-25-2019, 08:51 AM - **4 Likes**

Craigs Optics (Cosina) 60-300mm f/4-5.6 on K10D

**paulh** · 10-26-2019, 11:36 PM - **2 Likes**

Fallen tree at sunset from 2015. SMC-M35-70/2.8-3.5 on *ist D:

Last edited by paulh; 10-27-2019 at 10:20 AM.

**paulh** · 10-30-2019, 01:10 PM - **4 Likes**

Doc on the hunt...for grasshoppers

SMC-M75-150/4 on *ist D:

edom31 · 11-28-2019, 11:54 AM - **4 Likes**

Lentar Tele-Zoom 90-230mm 4.5 Preset T-Mount

edom31 · 11-29-2019, 12:29 PM - **1 Like**

Lentar Tele-Zoom 90-230mm 4.5 Preset T-Mount

**RGlasel** · 11-29-2019, 02:18 PM - **4 Likes**

Until I purchased an HD DA 55-300 (the last screwdrive version), my longest lens was a Pentax SMC A 70-210 f4. Not quite as sharp as the 55-300 but the extra stop of light is useful and I prefer the colours of the 70-210.

Telephoto lenses tend to have smoother bokeh, even so, I prefer the 70-210's bokeh to the 55-300.

The combination of really poor lighting of the football field and manual focus meant that my "keeper" rate on this night was less than 5%. However, I would have had to use twice as high of an ISO setting if my maximum aperture was f5.6.

Finally, seven Trumpeter Swans a-resting, when the longest other lens I had with me was 135mm, This is cropped to about 60% of the area of the original.

edom31 · 11-29-2019, 03:45 PM - **4 Likes**

103A in action - glad to have been presented to this thread...

**marcusBMG** · 11-30-2019, 08:22 AM - **1 Like**

Getting some good results there Ed with the adaptall 80-210mm.

**paulh** · 12-05-2019, 03:55 PM

Jeannie exploring the ponds...Colleyville TX. Cosmicar A35-70/4 on *ist D:

Aaron28 · 12-05-2019, 08:54 PM - **2 Likes**

vivitar S1 28-90/f2.8-3.5.....k-50

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09-03-2019, 04:10 PM - 2 Likes	#751
onlineflyer Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NW Ohio Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,093	I want to share my love for the M 35-70 f2.8-3.5, it's a gem of a lens. Here's an example, original and crop, shot with a K-5iis. It's from a jpeg with minimum pp. Cross post from the M Club.

10-01-2019, 06:17 AM - 5 Likes	#754
Piotrek K Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,384	SMC-Pentax M 75-150 at 150 wide open. If I do my part this lens newer disappoints me. I use it wide-open 95% of the time.

10-12-2019, 02:48 PM - 4 Likes	#755
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,308	Tokina RMC 80-200 on K-5:

10-25-2019, 08:51 AM - 4 Likes	#756
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	Craigs Optics (Cosina) 60-300mm f/4-5.6 on K10D

10-26-2019, 11:36 PM - 2 Likes	#757
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,308	Fallen tree at sunset from 2015. SMC-M35-70/2.8-3.5 on ist D: Last edited by paulh; 10-27-2019 at 10:20 AM.*

10-30-2019, 01:10 PM - 4 Likes	#758
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,308	Doc on the hunt...for grasshoppers SMC-M75-150/4 on *ist D:

11-28-2019, 11:54 AM - 4 Likes	#759
edom31 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Garden City, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,349	Lentar Tele-Zoom 90-230mm 4.5 Preset T-Mount

11-29-2019, 12:29 PM - 1 Like	#760
edom31 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Garden City, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,349	Lentar Tele-Zoom 90-230mm 4.5 Preset T-Mount

11-29-2019, 02:18 PM - 4 Likes	#761
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	Until I purchased an HD DA 55-300 (the last screwdrive version), my longest lens was a Pentax SMC A 70-210 f4. Not quite as sharp as the 55-300 but the extra stop of light is useful and I prefer the colours of the 70-210. Telephoto lenses tend to have smoother bokeh, even so, I prefer the 70-210's bokeh to the 55-300. The combination of really poor lighting of the football field and manual focus meant that my "keeper" rate on this night was less than 5%. However, I would have had to use twice as high of an ISO setting if my maximum aperture was f5.6. Finally, seven Trumpeter Swans a-resting, when the longest other lens I had with me was 135mm, This is cropped to about 60% of the area of the original.

11-29-2019, 03:45 PM - 4 Likes	#762
edom31 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Garden City, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,349	103A in action - glad to have been presented to this thread...

11-30-2019, 08:22 AM - 1 Like	#763
marcusBMG Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: North Wales Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,870	Getting some good results there Ed with the adaptall 80-210mm.

12-05-2019, 03:55 PM	#764
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,308	Jeannie exploring the ponds...Colleyville TX. Cosmicar A35-70/4 on *ist D:

12-05-2019, 08:54 PM - 2 Likes	#765
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	vivitar S1 28-90/f2.8-3.5.....k-50