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Apr 14, 2015 13:01:24 #
Recently, I made a fantastic buy from a Craig's List ad.... five boxes of mattes, frames and odds and ends from a defunct photo shop for $50.00. Included in this hoard was eight High School photo albums, NIB, which I had ABSOLUTELY NO use for. I ended up trading them, straight across, for a pristine SMC Pentax-M 28mm, f:3.5 lens.
According to the reviews on this particular lens, it should be quite a piece of glass. I currently have the f:2.8 version, but I've never been all that impressed with it, so this should be a pretty good up-grade. The Craig's List items have already paid for themselves..... and I STILL have a case of 11" x 14" mattes and 26 frames!
I love it when things like this happens!
According to the reviews on this particular lens, it should be quite a piece of glass. I currently have the f:2.8 version, but I've never been all that impressed with it, so this should be a pretty good up-grade. The Craig's List items have already paid for themselves..... and I STILL have a case of 11" x 14" mattes and 26 frames!
I love it when things like this happens!
Apr 14, 2015 13:06:57 #
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Apr 15, 2015 07:55:21 #
Dewman wrote:
..... pristine SMC Pentax-M 28mm, f:3.5 lens. .....
Sounds like you got a very nice deal. The Pentax lens should give you some great shots, and hope we get a chance to see a few results on UHH.
Apr 15, 2015 08:12:38 #
Nosaj wrote:
Sounds like you got a very nice deal. The Pentax lens should give you some great shots, and hope we get a chance to see a few results on UHH.
Yep, I'm hoping it pans out. I own several 28mm lenses of various brands, Pentax, Ricoh, Vivitar, CPC & Sears and the Sears has proven to be the best of the lot up till now. My f:2.8 Pentax 28mm hasn't shown me much.... it seems quite soft, and to me, that's a cardinal sin! I'm obsessed with sharpness and if it ain't sharp, it don't last long around MY house! :lol: Others have reported very good results with theirs, so maybe I just got a bad copy. That happens occasionally, but we'll see if the f:3.5 is better.
Apr 15, 2015 08:21:20 #
Dewman wrote:
Yep, I'm hoping it pans out. I own several 28mm l... (show quote)
Your experience with the Pentax 28mm f:2.8 sound very similar to my experiences with a Sigma 28 f:2.8. The results improved when I put it on a tripod, but I would rather have the versatility of using it in candid situations.
Apr 15, 2015 08:30:39 #
Nosaj wrote:
Your experience with the Pentax 28mm f:2.8 sound very similar to my experiences with a Sigma 28 f:2.8. The results improved when I put it on a tripod, but I would rather have the versatility of using it in candid situations.
I'm slowly but surely learning to trust the anti-shake feature of my Pentax K-50. It works remarkably well in most situations, but when the chips are down and I want a REALLY sharp image, I ALWAYS use either a monopod or a tripod. These 70-year-old hands are just too shaky any more! :|
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Apr 15, 2015 08:32:10 #
Dewman wrote:
..... These 70-year-old hands are just too shaky any more! :|
Hey -- I hear ya!!
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