Originally posted by bilybianca Oh, I wish I could stumble like that! Would be worth a few scuff marks in the face! Might one humbly ask how much you paid for it?
Kjell
Well, it was one of those situations where I woke up to read the announcement of the FF and I thought 'If I could have one more prime in addition to my 31mm, 50mm and 77mm what focal length/aperture would I have?'. I thought a 135mm f1.8. At that point I had no idea such a Pentax lenses existed. Later that day I was in London and popped into a backstreet 2nd hand shop and looked in the Pentax cabinet and there it was, just short of £800/€1,1000. I make a quick inspection-it was in mint condition. I stepped outside, did a quick search on reviews etc. and discovered it was ultra-rare, ultra-good and ultra-expensive for a 1980s manual lens. I realised this was my one chance to own it before it was snapped up so despite really not being able to afford it, I put it on my credit card!
I will do a review at some point but in brief, it's an excellent lens. It's possible to get excellent resolution and sharpness at f2 and of course, lovely background separation and bokeh even on my K-5 but you have to be careful with purple fringing. I'll see how it performs on the forthcoming FF and decide whether I need to keep it. If not, I will sell it on this forum.