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Like Bojidar, I tend to believe that it at least a few must have been produced because:

1/ I've seen the lens hood and its box for sale on eBay.

2/ The instruction leaflet for my SA-3 focussing screen lists the lens as being ideal for it.

3/ It had a catalogue number.

On the other hand, various people on dpreview maintain it was only ever a prototype, so who knows ???

Cheers,
Reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on Has anyone ever seen or used the mythical SMC-M 35mm f1.4 at 07/11/2006 - 20:40

As you say Matt, it depends on the kind of pictures you take. Unless you're fairly close to the subject it doesn't make much difference.

I tend to like portraits with very narrow DOF and I certainly experienced this problem until I read the above article and the penny dropped (finally!).

Cheers,
reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on Multi or single point focus? at 25/09/2006 - 13:38

I tend to use manual selection of focus point. That way you can track subject movement without having to recompose.

There is also some doubt that focus-recompose works when close to the subject using a wide aperture:

http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/phototechnique/essay06/essay.html

Cheers,
Reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on Multi or single point focus? at 25/09/2006 - 13:03

Well it worked with me, I was well and truly scared off !!

Congratulations on your new lens

Reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on 14mm f2.8 ? at 20/09/2006 - 16:36

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A snip at £450.

I was looking at the auction too but £450 is too rich for my blood, especially considering that a brand new one is €684 at Technik Direkt (around £470).

Reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on 14mm f2.8 ? at 20/09/2006 - 10:59

Well I have to agree with Steve

I have all the Pentax TC's (apart from the two "A-L" versions) and I find results less than inspiring on large prints, even using my "good" lenses like the M*300/4 or K135/2.5.

On digital I don't bother with them at all and just crop and upsize on the computer.

Just my 2p worth
Reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on 2xConverter at 21/08/2006 - 16:50

Do a search on dpreview for "K10D".

Comment by Reuben0 posted on any sign of real "new" Pentax at 01/08/2006 - 09:38

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Reuben0 wrote:
The Takumar version can be easily distinguished by its silver distance scale.

The word "Takumar" printed on the lens provides a clue, too.

G

Indeed

Comment by Reuben0 posted on The much maligned 135mm f2.8A at 10/07/2006 - 00:02

The K 135/2.5 is superb. It's one of my favourite lenses and still finds regular use now even though it's 25 years old!

It's not too hard to find, but don't confuse it with the more common Takumar version which is nowhere near as good (but not as bad in my opinion as the PDML crowd make out). The Takumar version can be easily distinguished by its silver distance scale.

Cheers,
Reuben0

Comment by Reuben0 posted on The much maligned 135mm f2.8A at 08/07/2006 - 23:08

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I have seen a test report recently (Practical Photography May 06), measured against others currently available from Nikon, Canon, Sigma etc.. & out of the 6 tested it was given the worst rating!

What they concluded was "results are good once you stop the lens down from f2.8".

This is no major surprise as it could apply to almost every Pentax prime lens ever made

Comment by Reuben0 posted on D-FA 100mm Macro at 19/05/2006 - 21:16

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