Sid, The first generation of Vivitar Series1 lenses came in M42, and IIRC they were ES-II compatible. I have no idea if later generations of Series 1 had screwmount versions, though. Be aware that the original Series 1 35~85/2.8 is a varifocal zoom which needs refocusing whenever the focal length is altered. Manual focus zooms are usually parfocals which don't (or at least shouldn't) require refocusing after zooming.
Aso IIRC, Angineaux (sp?) had screwmount models of its very sexy and very expensive zooms, at least they did when M42 was a mainstream lens-mount. I think you'd be very pleased with either of those labels, if you can find an example. They are both very hoardable so may be rare commodities. regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Barras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > HI All, > Well, I'm getting less and less inclined to lug around the entire SMC > tak prime lens collection these days... So, I'm wondering, to all the > screwmount afficanados, I ask the question: > The best (available, anyway-- I intend to seek and buy the lens) zoom > lenses for M42. My requirements would be two or three good quality zoom > lenses in screw mount to cover the 28 (or 24 if I'm really fortunate) > to 300 or so zoom lenses. It wouldn't have to be one of those 28-300 > mega zooms like the tamron K mount I've got. It could be two three or > four even lenses that together would cover that range. > Infrared markings would be nice too. > Greetings from CajunLand USA South Louisiana > Sid Barras > >
