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Oldhand
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 Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:53 am Post subject: SMC Pentax-M 35-70mm f2.8-3.5 |
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Oldhand wrote:
Not a popular focal range these days, so this lens is often overlooked.
It is rather good.
Only a couple of images so far, but I will add more.
Tom
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crop from above at wide open
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TrueLoveOne
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:25 am Post subject: Re: SMC Pentax-M 35-70mm f4 |
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TrueLoveOne wrote:
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Not a popular focal range so this lens is often overlooked.
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Which wasn't like that in the film days! 35-70 lenses were probably produced by just about any manufacturer. Some even put every effort in them to make it as good as possible, like the Minolta/Leica versions, Tamron SP and the Olympus f/3.6 : "a bag of primes".
I always thought it is due to the fact that most digital users have crop sensors on which 35-70 as a walk-around doesn't make much sense for most people. On full-frame it is a different story, especially with an added "macro" function for close-ups.
Isn't yours the Pentax-A? I thought the Pentax-M is f/2.8-3.5.
Cheers, René!
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:33 am Post subject: Re: SMC Pentax-M 35-70mm f2.8-3.5 |
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Oldhand wrote:
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| Oldhand wrote: |
Not a popular focal range so this lens is often overlooked.
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Which wasn't like that in the film days! 35-70 lenses were probably produced by just about any manufacturer. Some even put every effort in them to make it as good as possible, like the Minolta/Leica versions, Tamron SP and the Olympus f/3.6 : "a bag of primes".
I always thought it is due to the fact that most digital users have crop sensors on which 35-70 as a walk-around doesn't make much sense for most people. On full-frame it is a different story, especially with an added "macro" function for close-ups.
Isn't yours the Pentax-A? I thought the Pentax-M is f/2.8-3.5.
Cheers, René! |
Thank you René.
I did mean - of course - not a popular focal length now 
Yes, my mistake - mine is the Pentax-M 35-70 f2.8-3.5
I don't know how I got that mixed up.
I will change the title
Cheers
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marcusBMG
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:19 pm Post subject: The autofocus M 35-70mm |
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marcusBMG wrote:
I have the autofocus f2.8 version of this lens. The vcamera it was intended for, the MEF, was only produced for a short while, it was Pentax's first foray into AF.
The lens is in decent condition, good optically. Some pics with my K5, all manually focussed the lens will only AF on the MEF.:
It was interesting to me how using b&w and tweaking the blue slider in LR3 really brought the sky out compared to the colour jpg:
Deserves a rep as one of the best pentax zooms of that era IMO... Clunky to use mind you.
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blotafton
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| Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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blotafton wrote:
Looks good!  |
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
Some very good images there marcusBMG
Here are a few more quickies from my lens
T
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
A couple of images from this lens today.
T
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
Australia Day here and a holiday for all.
I took the SMC Pentax-M 35-70 f2.8-3.5 along for the outing and here are some images from it.
Tom
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:20 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
One more image from this very dependable lens and then a couple of images of the lens itself.
Tom
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
One more shot from today
Tom
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kryss wrote:
Very nice,I have the F version which is AF or MF and is a great lens.
can produce nice Bokeh......
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
Thank you kryss.
Also very nice colour as you will expect from Pentax SMC glass
Tom
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
And - a panorama taken with this lens and stitched in LR.
Four shots taken in portrait mode before stitching.
Tom
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