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| SMC Pentax K 28 f/2 'Hollywood' *$50 OFF TODAY ONLY* PentaxForums.com Marketplace Listing Item for Sale SMC Pentax K 28 f/2 'Hollywood' Asking Price Item Location CT (United States) Item Description SMC Pentax K 28 f/2 This is the famed Zeiss Distagon clone. Exceptional condition. Glass is perfect. Blades are clean and snappy. Well-damped focusing action. Recently CLA'd by dcshooter. Includes soft pouch and front/rear caps. Photos show minor surface dust. USPS Priority Mail shipping with insurance is an additional $25. Buyers outside of the continental United States to pay actual shipping cost. This item has had its first and final price drop. I'd rather keep it than sell it at any lower than the posted price. The price is FIRM. Offers under the asking price will be politely ignored. $750 USD + USPS Shipping TODAY ONLY! Price goes back up tomorrow.     Wide open and cropped.  Are you the original owner of the item being sold? No Are you selling or trading this item? Selling Item Condition (Key) Used Mint Shipping Destinations Worldwide shipping to PayPal verified users and addresses! Shipping Charge $25 USD for CONUS. Actual cost elsewhere. Shipping Services USPS Priority Mail Accepted Payment Types PayPal Return Policy & Additional Details Sold as-is. No returns. Please send me a private message if interested in the item! Last edited by Fat Albert; 12-25-2015 at 08:46 AM. | |
| 12-12-2015, 08:19 AM - 1 Like | #3 |
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Pics added. Thanks to dcshooter for the attestation! Whoever buys this lens will be very, very happy. More samples, wide open and SOOC JPEG.   Last edited by Fat Albert; 12-12-2015 at 08:25 AM. | |
| 12-12-2015, 10:21 AM | #4 |
 Originally posted by fat albert  sooc [Hmmm... I don't know why my quote and my query were both turned into lowercase -- I tried editing 'em to correct 'em and it happened again.] | |
| 12-12-2015, 10:33 AM | #5 |
| 12-12-2015, 11:01 AM | #6 |
| Loyal Site Supporter    | Originally posted by fwcetus and it happened again |
| 12-12-2015, 12:01 PM - 1 Like | #7 |
| Originally posted by Fat Albert Straight out of the camera  - Thanks.  Originally posted by monochrome I think the Form software auto-edits ALLCAPS phrases it doesn't recognize.  ---------- Post added Dec 12th, 2015 at 21:54 ---------- Originally posted by Fat Albert Whoever buys this lens will be very, very happy. Well, here are a few links that might be of interest to anyone curious about the legendary K 28/2 "Distagon"/"Hollywood" - First, a few general articles about the Pentax/Zeiss collaboration that begat the K 28/2 - SMC Pentax 1:2/28: the poor man's Distagon? The Pentax Distagon 28mm f/2: Pentax SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review Poor man's Zeiss Distagon 28mm f/2 "Hollywood"? $60 Pentax that's actually a $800 Zeiss by designer of Stanley Kubrick's NASA glass - EOSHD (although I have no idea where the "$60" in the above article could have ever come from, even in the 1970s) Then, an Italian article with a lot of the technical details, along with a Google translation (that works well enough) - SMC PENTAX 28mm f/2 : LA STORIA NON SCRITTA SMC PENTAX 28mm f/2 : HISTORY NOT [yet] WRITTEN And here's a nice graphic from the above Italian article -  And there'll be a short quiz at the end of today's History class... ---------- Post added Dec 12th, 2015 at 22:15 ---------- Of course, one can always check out this forum's user reviews for the K 28/2 - SMC Pentax 28mm F2 Reviews - K Prime Lenses - Pentax Lens Reviews & Lens Database Last edited by fwcetus; 12-12-2015 at 08:03 PM. | |
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| 12-25-2015, 11:01 AM | #13 |
| Originally posted by Fat Albert Christmas day bump! $50 off today only! Price goes back up tomorrow, December 26th. | |
| 12-27-2015, 07:28 AM | #14 |
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