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02-11-2015, 02:00 PM   #2086
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The girls playing phone cam games at the lake *istD + DA18-55 v1 (xposted)


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02-17-2015, 07:33 PM   #2088
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A few from downtown Dallas with the DA18-55 v1:




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Did some creek wading to get this shot



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QuoteOriginally posted by kcupp95 Quote
Did some creek wading to get this shot

Great image

Another from downtown Dallas with the DA18-55 v1:
02-22-2015, 03:41 PM - 3 Likes   #2091
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02-23-2015, 04:57 PM   #2093
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A Pentax DA 18-55mm lens.

I recently bought a camera bag full of lenses, filters & flash units from a pawn shop on eBay. It was somewhat difficult to see what was actually in the cache, so there was little interest in bidding. I was high bidder at something like $16.00 IIRC. Anyway, in the lot was a Pentax DA 18-55mm lens. It didn't dawn on me until yesterday that it was DIFFERENT than the "kit lens" that came with my K-2000! The new one had a green ring around it, so.... with a little investigation, I found out that it is supposed to have "better optics," and I discovered that it also has a metal mount. I took a few test shots and it seems to focus much closer than the kit lens. Do any of you have any stories to relay about this lens and any meaningful difference between it and it's kit-lens cousin?


Oh yeah.... also in the very nice leather camera bag was a beautiful JC Penney's 28mm f:2.8 lens (that is remarkably sharp), a Pentax-M 50mm, f:2.0 (pristine) and a JC Penney's 135mm, f:2.8 lens (with non-functioning aperture blades), a Vivitar auto-2X tele-converter and two functioning flash units. For a guy who's always scrounging for a bargain, this was a very satisfying score.


I'm 50mm lens poor! I now have 9 of them, ranging from a Pentax-A 50mm, f:1.2, a DA 50mm, f:1.8, a M-50mm, f:1.4, M-50mm, f:1.7, M-50mm, f:2.0, a Sears MC 50mm, f:1.7 & f:2.0, a Ricoh-P 50mm, f:1.7 .... and some duplicates. So far, the DA f:1.8 I won here on PF seems to be my favorite. The Pentax-A 50mm, f:1.2 is on it's way, so I can't comment on it yet.
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I have two copies of the "green ring" DA18-55, which I understand is the first version of the lens. Mine came with a K100D & K10D, and have metal mounts. I always thought the version II was the one with "improved" optics, but I'm pretty happy with my older copies.
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QuoteOriginally posted by paulh Quote
. I always thought the version II was the one with "improved" optics, but I'm pretty happy with my older copies.

Ops.... I misread the review. You are correct, sir. Still, I thought I made a good deal on the lot. The 28mm JC Penney's lens is extraordinarily sharp and actually even has a little of the coveted 3-D effect!
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QuoteOriginally posted by Dewman Quote
Ops.... I misread the review. You are correct, sir. Still, I thought I made a good deal on the lot. The 28mm JC Penney's lens is extraordinarily sharp and actually even has a little of the coveted 3-D effect!
I have that JC Penney lens! Its been permanently mounted to an old film body since I never really had any use for it. I don't think I've even fired a shot through the thing because it was a tag-along with something else, and I already had three 135's kicking around.

I should double check the thing and see if its the same as the old non-macro Sears I have.

EDIT: And the JCP lens is "Made in Korea". I'm going to go out on a limb and tentatively call it a really old Samyang. I don't think there were any other lens manufacturers in Korea back then big enough to have US chain stores outsource from them.

Double edit: And now I remember why I shelved the thing - just like yours, the blades are stuck wide open and the thing won't stop down.

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02-27-2015, 12:59 AM - 2 Likes   #2097
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Some shots from a couple of years ago with a v1 18-55 and my trusty old *ist DL and its 6mp of CCD goodness.







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One from today, with the 18-55 wr
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QuoteOriginally posted by luisalves Quote
One from today, with the 18-55 wr
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