Forum: Lens Clubs
10-01-2015, 09:33 AM
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Unfortunately, the list of lenses I regret selling over the years is at least a dozen long, by now... :-(
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-01-2015, 08:48 AM
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Yes, I've found that to be extremely helpful. I'll parrot what you said: I don't think there is anything quite like that Pentax page!
Thanks for the links to the other sites too; as someone highly interested in the Pentax full-frame, it is useful to gather info on how certain older lenses performed on film, especially the wider lenses in the full-frame corners.
Maybe I'm just over-hyping it in my head, but I feel like within the first few months of the Pentax full-frame being released, there will be a rush to test lenses, and a subsequent rush to scoop up whichever lenses prove to be surprisingly sharp "hidden gems". As someone who makes a (partial) living testing equipment, I'm eager to explore this new realm! I'm already setting alerts on Ebay for random obscure lenses that cost little enough for me to just scoop them up on a whim. The 135mm f/3.5 was one of those lenses, as it is reported to be ultra-sharp even on the K-3, especially when stopped down a couple stops, since that is what you usually buy a "slower" f/3.5 lens for anyways... ;-) But for portraiture where bokeh is more important, I may also pick up an f/2.5 version as well. Depending on what kind of viewfinder or other new technology they introduce, it may be more doable to use manual focus glass for portraiture than on the average Canikon DSLR.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-30-2015, 09:36 PM
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The lightest one of the bunch, I believe based on my research, the SMC Pentax-M 135mm F3.5.
I plan on mainly using it for still landscapes, stopped down, so I have high hopes for both the incredibly pixel-dense K-3II as a ~200mm lens, and the hopefully even more mouth-watering full-frame Pentax body.
My backpacking buddies and I entertain ourselves by discovering old, classic lenses that weigh practically nothing, cost about as much as they weigh, ...and yet are sharp enough to resolve modern APS-C and full-frame sensors.
BTW, does anybody have a highly condensed, complete listing of all Pentax lenses ever made? I know the PentaxForums listing here is pretty good, but I like sites like this for example that are just one big fat list of every lens ever made: Nikon Lenses
Thanks everybody for your friendship!
=Matt=
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-29-2015, 12:22 PM
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KEH was/is having a 20% off sale, and there was a 135mm f/3.5 on sale in good condition for $45. Gotta love modern camera mounts that are still compatible with decades-old optics "nobody" seems to want today! I'm excited to get this lens delivered soon, and at a mere 270 grams my back and knees are excited too, for my next backpacking trip!
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