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Photo taken with Pentax-M 24-35 mm F3.5

•24-35 mm f/3.5 M

Andre Langevin (From the Web) - Small, likes landscapes on slide, huge distorsion at 24mm (forget buildings), contrasty at "good" apertures, flare can be a problem, find a hood (has to be round) or use your hand.

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Bob Waldken - I would highly recommend the M 24-35/3.5. Beautiful little lens, well made, lightweight, metal, very good handling and first class optics. [added later . . .] it's one of the best you can get, both ergonomically and optically.

[Bob again, another thread . . .]. . . It seems to be quite a rare lens which probably explains the dearth of mentions. However, it is certainly one of the best zooms Pentax ever made. The size is excellent, the quality and handling are 1st class. I was always happy to use it and always pleased with the results it gave me. For shooting at f/5.6 or smaller it was very convenient; I'd recommend it to anyone, although I'm not so sure about it replacing primes - some of the f/3.5 primes have excellent reputations for optical quality.

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Shel - Bob, it was your comments about the lens that ultimately motivated me to get one. . . .I don't care much for zooms, but this one is different. It's small, light, agile, has a relatively short throw through the focal range, and is pretty sharp and contrasty. It's not sharper, nor will it replace any of the good Pentax primes in that range wrt ultimate image quality, but it does come reasonably close, especially if one is content with print sizes up to about 8x10, maybe 11x14 if using the proper fim/developer and taking care while shooting. Compared to the various Pentax 24~50 zooms, which a few people like for their focal range, this lens is about 1/3 lighter and about 1/3 smaller. The constant aperture is a great feature, and the lens is just about as fast as some of the well-regarded primes it might replace, such as the K24/2.8 or K24/3.5, the K28/3.5, and the K35/3.5. . . . It's a great lens for working with people as it's small enough that it's size is not intimidating. It's one great general purpose lens, and my equipment case would be much the poorer without it.

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Joe Wilensky - . . .I really like it, but hardly see it mentioned on this list or on eBay. I know it wasn't made for that long . . . To me, it has great construction quality (best "feel" zoom of the M series?) and seems good enough to replace primes at 24mm, 28mm and 35mm -- especially if the primes you'd be replacing would be f3.5 -- no loss of speed, something unusual when choosing between primes and a zoom covering the same range.

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Clive Williams (from the Web auto-response form) - Good value for its price and weight. I got mine, not long ago, for UK£80 and an unwanted Sigma 35-70, and it does a good job. If it distorts, even at 24mm, I haven't noticed it, and the sharpness seems excellent. It's usefully small too - on a recent city break, I carried only an MZ-5N, an FA 100/3.5 and the M 24-35. One lens on the camera, one in my coat pocket and I don't think I missed too much.

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SMC Pentax-M 24-35mm f/3.5

Brand & mount
•Manual focus
•Brand: Pentax
•Mount type: Full frame
•Type: zoom

Overview

SMC Pentax-M 24-35mm f/3.5 is a manual focus zoom lens for SLR cameras.

The optical scheme comprises 9 elements in 9 groups. Due to the fact that lens has 6-bladed aperture, the subjects located outside the depth of field may be shown which the nuts-effect in the bokeh.

This lens has a size of 48 mm. This is a normal size, very convenient in everyday use. The weight of this lens (290 grams) is suitable for everyday use. The lens is suitable for shooting near objects. Mounting the filter has a common size. Is useful for landscape, architecture, interior and genre photography.

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Taken on: June 13, 2015

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3, f/0, 1/320 sec, 24mm (=36mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	24mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
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