I'm pretty curious about the performance of this lens. How about a report?
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Fiso_PENTAX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14. mars 2006 19:37 > To: pentax-discuss > Subject: Re: russiancopy > > Hello Bob, > > > > > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:54:49 -0500 > > From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: russiancopy > > > > The 300mm f/2.8 Yashmar has been made sporadically in limited > > quantities for some years. I wrote a test report on it for > > Shutterbug something like ten years ago. Optically it is a copy of > > an early Nikkor 300/2.8 . I found the sample I tested to perform > > very well, but not up to the quality levels of later versions of the > > Nikkor. I have not seen a Yashmar for sale in quite a while. Can > > you say how much you paid for it? All of the ones I have seen for > > sale were rather expensive. > > > > Bob > > Thank You for the info. It was cca 410$ in Huf (hungarian forints). > In the original leather case with shades and filters. Some dust > inside, needs CLA locally it is about 50-80$. Should be under 500$ > finally.... much cheaper then the A* :) > > -- > Best regards, > Fiso_PENTAX mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >