FS: DFA 100mm MACRO, FA* 24mm, K 135mm f2.5

I'm consolidating and reducing my lens collection so the following are for sale:

Pentax DFA 100mm f2.8 MACRO - £285 inc UK postage
Pentax FA* 24mm f2 - £305 inc UK postage
Pentax K 135mm f2.5 - £105 inc UK postage

Pentax DFA 100mm f2.8 MACRO
I bought this lens on the forum at the beginning of the summer. It's turned out to be one of my favorite lenses. So much so that I upgraded to the WR version when I saw one come up, hence this one is now for sale! Boxed, with hood, end caps and pouch. Lens is in great condition. Glass is clear except for the usual few spots of dust.














Pentax FA* 24mm f2
Another one of my favorite lenses. The focal length translates into the very useful 35mm on APS-C. This is a pretty special lens, very sharp and contrasty, even wide open. The centre is sharper than a DA 21mm, although edges are a bit better with the DA. Great for environmental portraits and night use. I've bought another copy as there is a bit of slip in the manual focus clutch. AF works fine and manual focus is usable, just sometime it slips at the inf end. Therefore priced accordingly. The glass is in good condition, a couple of tiny marks on the coating and the usual dust, but nothing that affects the pictures. Cosmetically there is some wear on the paint. Annoyingly this copy is marginally sharper than it's replacement!










Pentax K 135mm f2.5
The well regarded k mount SMC 135mm. Fast f2.5. Generally in good condition, some minor cosmetic wear on the aperture ring. Quite a bit of dust inside and one piece about 1mm in length that possibly could be fungus? Very minor dink in the outside of the filter ring, but filters still screw in fine. All that said it takes excellent pictures with smooth bokeh. Comes with non-original caps and hard case.













I will be able to dispatch any items from the UK at the weekend (12 Oct.)

Thanks
Matt

A bump with some pics from the FA* 24mm.


Pretty sharp wide open at F2: smc PENTAX-FA* 24mm F2 AL[IF] at f/2.0


F11: smc PENTAX-FA* 24mm F2 AL[IF] at f/11


F5.6: smc PENTAX-FA* 24mm F2 AL[IF] at f/5.6


Is it weird taking portraits of farm animals? Nevertheless another at F2: smc PENTAX-FA* 24mm F2 AL[IF] at f/2.0


Handheld night shot at F2.8: smc PENTAX-FA* 24mm F2 AL[IF] at f/2.8

Reasonable offers considered - these all head to eBay at the weekend.

I'm surprised nobody has gone for the FA*24 in particular - it's difficult to find a good copy and when you do it's a lens to keep hold of - and this one is a good price too!

That cow photo is quite appealing - not a subject I'd have expected to say that that about

Thanks Lenny! I took the cow picture as it seemed like the cow was posing just for a photo. I sort of like it, but there is something a bit weird about that fact it looks like it was posed for it!

All items now on ebay. Please bid away!

Ok, due to non paying bidders, the DFA 100mm and K 135 are still available. I'm going to relist at the weekend, but until then I'll offer them here (where tranactions are so much more pleasant ):

DFA 100mm - £240 including UK postage.
K135 - £90 including UK postage.

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Nowadays, so many non-paying buyers and "sale cancellation due to price typo" sellers ...

Ebay should really do better job to punish that, considering 10% ebay fee and 3-4% paypal fee paid...

Anyway, good luck for lens sale!

Hi,
the K135 is very tempting to me. Being too young (at least on this forum ), I can't PM you. Could you?

Thanks,
Stefano

Hi Peng, Thanks I don't normally have any problems but only got a 1/3 success rate this time .

Stefano, I've sent you a PM.

Thanks