Frank; What are your true feelings about this lens? I use mine all the time. I think it makes a great portrait lens and I have not seen the softness issues reported by others. Sure, the lack of SMC makes it flare like a mother-****** but indoors I think it's great!
Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Pentax lens lack of half stop detents > Hi, Christian, > > You know, you're right! I too, have that "doggie" 135mm "bayonet", and 1/2 > stops thoughout. The rest of my Taks and Pentax are 1/2 stops except a full > stop, just before the smallest stop. > > BUT, to further confuse things, my old 3.5 200mm Takumar pre-set, has full > stops throughout the range, except it ~has~ a 1/2 stop detent at the smallest > stop! > > Go figure! <vbg> > > And, I still don't know why... > > cheers, > frank > > Christian Skofteland wrote: > > > Just a quick check of my lowly, much-unloved-by-the-list Takumar (Bayonet) > > 1:2.5 135mm. It has half stops all the way from 2.5 to 22. All the other > > SMC glass I own including the Super-Multi-Coated Tak 55/1.8 do not have the > > half stop between the highest and next to highest f-stop. Interesting..... > > > > Christian Skofteland > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > >
