SMC K 35mm now sold.

I am selling the following SMC K prime lenses:

Pentax SMC K 135mm f2.5. It is in great condition, as it rather seems to have been little used. Cosmetically perfect. Glass is clean. Any problems in the blades. Original rear cap included. Third-party front cap included. No original box. Price 115 GBP shipment included (from France). Paypal only.

Pentax SMC K 35mm f3.5. It is in good condition. Glass is clean. Any problems in the blades. Original rear cap included. Third-party front cap included. No original box. The lens seems to have been long-time used, as indicated by the worn out black paint and the yellowish little ball (I guess the previous user was a smoker). Despite of that, the lens works very fine. Any wobble is observed and the focusing ring turns without issues. Price 90 GBP shipment included (from France). Paypal only.

Please do find the pictures of the lenses here.

what about 320 GBP?

I sell my Pentax DA 12-24mm f4 lens. I bought it one year ago and I have realised that despite I have used it quite a lot, 1) I am not an ultra-wide-angle man, 2) I have too many lenses.

The lens is in good condition. Front and rear glass are perfect and only some minor signs of normal use are visible on the non-glass parts of the lens and some little scratches on the hood, but nothing really serious. Mechanical condition is excellent too.










It must be said that the lens has some focus problems on my Pentax K5IIs. It seems that at apertures faster than f5.6, some slight softness can be observed from 15mm to 24mm focal lengths mainly when focusing objects closer than 6 m away from the camera. At 12mm no softness is observed. When focusing infinity, softness is only visible at 24mm focal length.

The good news is that softness disappears by adding +5 micro-adjustment in my K5IIs. The bad news is that deactivating the +5 micro-adjustment is needed when focusing into infinity (except when using the 24mm focal length) in order to obtain the sharpest detail. This operation can take 2 seconds when you get used to. But yes it may be annoying sometimes.

I know that it may seem strange that a UWA zoom may have focus problems considering the hyper-focal stuff, but these are the conclusions of long-term observations and analysis. I know I'm not well-know in this forum so I would like to avoid any confusions and to explain the lens features as clearly as possible. On the other hand the lens is a jewel. Particularly, the colour rendition and micro-contrast is outstanding, as you may already know (for instance check here, here or here taken with this same lens).

Actually, the focus issue is not that serious when you look at the images. I have uploaded some recent set of test pictures here so that you may evaluate by yourself the extent of the lens "problem".

To sum up, the lens has some issues at f4, but they are hardly apparent at f5.6 and imperceptible around f8. The most annoying part is changing the micro-adjustment whenever we focus infinity or at 3 m. At least this is my experience with a K5IIs. Maybe it works like a charm in a K3. I don't know. However, it is perfectly possible to take good pictures with this lens, at any focusing distance and open wide (please check my flickr gallery).

I am not the original owner of the lens and I do not have the original box, but will include original taps and hood.

I ask 340 GBP, shipment included (standard). Paypal only.
The lens will be ready to depart from France on September 1st. For any doubts or further information please do not hesitate to enquire me by PM.

I think it's very difficult to achieve these results with this technique, as opposed to what it may seem at first. Congratulations. I very much like the 1st, 4th and 12th. But all of them are fine, in my opinion.

Thanks Michael, but I am specifically looking for a D, DS or DS2 models as long as they include a nice pentaprism in the viewfinder. Not a bad price considering the lenses, though.

Thanks four your feedback.
The K10 is a nice camera, though a bit larger and beyond the price range that I would like to bear. Unfortunately, that *istD lies at the other side of the Atlantic.

Still searching.

Hello

I would be interested to buy a Pentax *ist D, DS or DS2. I know this is an oldie, yet I still would like to have it as a 2nd body. Perhaps some of you may have one unit gathering some dust and would not mind to sell it. I also know that some bodies fail over time (i.e. the crazy wheel failure), but even like that we can still discuss.

thanks.

I am not sure that you are getting my PMs properly.
Will you ship this lens to France?

PM sent