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Shooting the beautiful American SW with the DA* 50-135mm.

Started May 18, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP manual_focus Senior Member • Posts: 1,515
Re: Shooting the beautiful American SW with the DA* 50-135mm.

robbo d wrote:

manual_focus wrote:

Spent this spring exploring the deserts and canyonlands of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Texas and brought my K3-II with the DA* 50-135mm, the DA 20-40mm Limited, and the DA* 11-18mm. By far the lens I used most was the optically excellent DA*50-135mm. Yes, the AF motor has been replaced and I get the occasional weird electrical glitches with this lens but nothing that keeps it from capturing the image. This lens desperately needs to be redone incorporating the latest AF motor technologies.

I'm posting seven images which I hope show the range of what this lens can do and they are not meant to be "artistic" per se.. Many of them are full size. I strongly recommend using a good polarizing filter when shooting in the American SW. It truly enhances the images, especially the colors and contrast.

Enjoy

Nice images!!

The 50-135 was a flawed genius. Incredible optics but that SDM was slow, broke down and occasionally froze up my k3 at weddings....

To refresh that lens would be a good option for Pentax

Yes, I don't know how many times I've pull the battery to unfreeze my K3ii. Luckily I'm not on the clock and have the time.

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