see my Third Party Lenses pages at: http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/third/index.html includes - cult classic third party lenses, just plain wierd third party lenses (T-mount fisheyes?), lists of data on a few thousand lenses, inter- changeable mounts, and related topics. I started using exotic third party lenses (12mm T-mount fisheye...) because there weren't any Nikkors or I couldn't afford the nikkor ones, then I started collecting some as backups for my nikkors, then I looked for a really terrible third party lens costing under $20 to see how bad scratches have to be to show up in photos, only even these cheapy lenses turned out to be pretty good... (see http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/backups.html and http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/third/badlens.html in short, there are a lot of surprisingly useful third party lenses out there, often at significant bargains, and worth looking into... regards bobm * Robert Monaghan POB752182 Dallas Tx 75275-2182 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Bronica 6x6 medium format: http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/bronica.html site * * Medium Format Cameras: http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/index.html megasite*
