[womble]

I'm not familiar with "the thirteen". Can you list these? The K lenses have always been my favourite Pentax products especially when paired with their contemporary cameras. They do wind up on M cameras and my LX though because they can produce extraordinary images. I suspect I already have several of these but I'm willing to take the chance my LBA won't cause too much trouble if I JUST read about them...please.

There are 34 K series primes. The 13 I do not have are "the missing 13" (which are, if anyone cares, the 18/3.5, 20/4, 24/3.5, 28/2, 35/2, 85/2.2 soft, 100/4 bellows, 100/4 macro, 150/4, 500/4.5, 1000/8, 1000/11 reflex, 2000/13.5 reflex).

K.

[From1980]

There are 34 K series primes. The 13 I do not have are "the missing 13" (which are, if anyone cares, the 18/3.5, 20/4, 24/3.5, 28/2, 35/2, 85/2.2 soft, 100/4 bellows, 100/4 macro, 150/4, 500/4.5, 1000/8, 1000/11 reflex, 2000/13.5 reflex).

K.

Of those you seek, I have the 18/3.5 and 100/4 bellows. I am a collector of sorts but probably won't go after the others. My LBA does run up against budget limitations I can't ignore. I have most of the rest of the K lineup covered either with the Pentaxes or other quality but less expensive lenses I can do practical shooting with.
I likely will never try for 20/4, 24/3.5(got 24/2.8), 28/2(expense, rarity and I have 30/2.8), 35/2(got the M and have the f/3.5), 100/4 macro(have 4 other macros), 150/4(have M/3.5), or the 500, 1000s, or 2000(budget limits and impractical for me).
At some point I'm still going to go after a 28 shift though.

[womble]

At some point I'm still going to go after a 28 shift though.

I use my shift lens quite a bit. I have two, but am planning on selling the less-pristine one.

K.

[gofour3]

There are 34 K series primes. The 13 I do not have are "the missing 13" (which are, if anyone cares, the 18/3.5, 20/4, 24/3.5, 28/2, 35/2, 85/2.2 soft, 100/4 bellows, 100/4 macro, 150/4, 500/4.5, 1000/8, 1000/11 reflex, 2000/13.5 reflex).

K.

I've got all of the K Series primes, except for the two Reflex lenses. (Those aren't something I would ever use)

I try to use them all on a rotation basis at home or on vacation. (The smaller sized stuff)

Phil.

[monochrome]

I've got all of the K Series primes, except for the two Reflex lenses. (Those aren't something I would ever use)

I try to use them all on a rotation basis at home or on vacation. (The smaller sized stuff)

Phil.

I have all but the 15/3.5, the 2.2 Soft and the Reflex lenses. I’ll skip the Soft lens as I think of it as an outlier as to it’s issue date (why is it classed a K lens?) and I also would never use the Relexes. I’m holding out for a nice K15/3.5 AL.

[Eyewanders]

The only Ks I have (that I can think of anyhow) are the 50/1.2 and the 24/2.8. Everything else is M, with a few As, and prior Takumars. Never felt compelled to seek any others out, figuring I'd rather have most of those in screwmount anyhow.

[Swift1]

I currently have 3 K lenses. The 28/2, the 50/1.4, and the 55/2.
In the past I've also had the 24/2.8, 35/3.5, 55/1.8, and 135/2.5.
I wouldn't mind getting a K 105/2.8, but I already have a nice M 100/2.8.

[womble]

I currently have 3 K lenses. The 28/2, the 50/1.4, and the 55/2.
In the past I've also had the 24/2.8, 35/3.5, 55/1.8, and 135/2.5.
I wouldn't mind getting a K 105/2.8, but I already have a nice M 100/2.8.

Despite my addition to K series primes, the M100 is one of my all time favourite lenses. I've used it much more than the K105. I'd like to say something objective as to why that is the case, but objectivity and lenses don't really go together in my world... LOL.

K.

[TwoUptons]

I think the only K lenses I have are the 45-125 zoom and 300 f4. That's really weird.
Plenty of Ms and As, though...

-Eric

[Baard-Einar]

Finally bagged an SB2 to complete my SB collection (I think there were only the two). SB and SB2, versions of the S2 and S3 sold only on military bases.

This is cool.

I have only seen 5 camera bodies with SB engraving and 13 bodies with SB2.

[womble]

Black ME Super fitted with the first lens I ever owned (since 1982), a Pentax-M 50mm f/2 lens. Photographed using a KM with the M40 pancake and Ilford Delta 100 film.


Pentax ME Super par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

[TwoUptons]

Black ME Super fitted with the first lens I ever owned (since 1982), a Pentax-M 50mm f/2 lens. Photographed using a KM with the M40 pancake and Ilford Delta 100 film.

My first lens was also a 50mm f2.0 M in 1982. It’s gone to another home, replaced with an A 50mm f1.4. But I still have the K1000 it came with...

-Eric

[microlight]

My first was the K55/f1.8, on a KM. I don’t have either any longer (although I’ve replaced both) as some swine stole them from my car around 1977.

[Jonathan Mac]

The K lenses I have are the 28/3.5, 35/3.5, 50/1.4, 55/1.8, 135/2.5. I'd love to have more but they're rare and expensive and the M series are so often just as good while being smaller, lighter and with the handier 49mm standard filter thread.

[edom31]

100/4 macro

I have this one along with the 50/4 Macro... lovely pair.

I'd love to have more but they're rare and expensive and the M series are so often just as good while being smaller, lighter and with the handier 49mm standard filter thread.

I've always been curious as to whether the same optical formula (on any given K and M series lens) still provides the same results given that K series have that bigger filter thread, hence wider front element at the least.