Ah, I should have read the whole thread before I posted. I actually have all of the lenses in question. The 120mm is a bit rare and pricy. The 100mm is very nice, and probably least expensive to buy. I used it a fair amoung on film, sharpest of the three at all apertures. The 85mm is now one of my most used lenses but as a general purpose telephoto on digital, a 50mm lens fulfills it's orginal purpose much better on digital. One of the bigest advantages of the 85mm is that it's really not much bigger than a 50 f1.4, most people don't realize it's a telephoto when you're taking candids. As others have mentioned you might want to look at a 135mm. As a focal length it's out of vogue right now, so you may be able to pick up even the semi-ledgendary [K] 135mm f2.5 relitively cheaply. Another alternate would be the [K] 135 f3.5. It's not as compact as the M-135mm but it's supposed to be sharper. It's a bit bigger without a built in lens hood and though relitively rare you can probably get one for the same price as the M in similar condition if you can find one.
-----Original Message----- >From: Nick Wright <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 6, 2009 9:54 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: short tele primes > > >Hi, that's a great shot. Do you have any idea what aperture you shot that at? > >It's good to be back. I quit my last newspaper job several months back and >have been taking something of a sabbatical concerning photography. > >I think I've finally worked out the residual stress from that job and am ready >to start practicing photography for myself again. So today I placed an order >for a Program Plus and a 50/2 from KEH. But I'm still trying to decide which >of the teles I want to round out my kit hence the original question. > >Thanks for the reply. > >~Nick David Wright >http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > > >--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Scott Loveless <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: short tele primes >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:32 AM >> On 2/6/09, Nick Wright <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm looking at getting a fast tele prime. I'm >> considering the M85/2, the M100/2.8, and the M120/2.8. >> > >> > What are your thoughts about these lenses? Does >> anyone have some samples (specifically portraits) that I >> could take a look at? >> >> Hi, Nick. Good to hear from you again. I have a copy of >> the M85/2, >> and I rather like it. This is the only photo I have online >> right now >> that was definitely taken with this lens. >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3813278 >> >> HTH. >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 >> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- I want to die peacfuly in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car... Will Shriner -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
