Sears 135mm f2.8 Macro "Soft Focus"

An unusual and now quite sought after lens this has a bit of a cult following and used creatively can give some excellent and dream-like photos. A large fan club here

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/lens-clubs/37525-sears-lens-club.html

Fantastic condition, basically 'as new' with unmarked glass and no visible dust. Comes with front and rear lens caps.

£25 delivered to UK

Photos to follow

K mount?

Hi John

Yes it's a 'K' mount and fully manual.

[IMG]http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/sears1_zps4500c2d1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/sears2_zpsb35d41a1.jpg[/IMG]

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One of my attempts with it:

[IMG]http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/033.jpg[/IMG]

and another:

[IMG]http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/rose.jpg[/IMG]

PM sent

PM replied

Still for sale?

Hi John. Lots of questions, but not sold yet

I looked at the link you posted, and loved the soft, dreamy, effect in shots 3 and 4 of the opening post, but don't see the same in your photos.

Do you have other shots that do exhibit the same 'look'?

In fairness that's probably more down to the photographer than the lens

This one maybe?

[IMG]http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/willow.jpg[/IMG]

I haven't used it a great deal to be honest - hence the sale. It can go much softer than I have demonstrated in my pictures, almost too soft for me and I guess that's where you need to experiment to get the right balance. The 'rose' picture was shot without the macro setting engaged just to show that it's a decent 135mm lens in it's own right.

Now sold to Kevin (Kree). Thanks for looking.

Aaaagh!!!!!!!!!! That'll teach me to get distracted by diy and not pay attention to more important things.

You won't like it Kevin.

He he

Mind you don't bash your trigger finger

Received the lens yesterday. Well packaged and just as described. Delighted Chris