Good catch! Sounds like a keeper. Regards, Anthony Farr
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well as luck would have it that "no-name" 500/5.6 lens in K-mount I got on > eBay for $80 arrived at my office a few minutes ago. Although I know just > about all the lenses in this size it might have been I'm actually shocked > considering what I paid for it when I opened the package up to see what it > was just now. > Turns out to be an American made Century Tele-Athenar II 500/5.6. Wow! > Considering what this lens is worth. It is about as mint as it can be > mechanically with only a small problem on the front group rear element edge > in the coatings. These things were mainly designed for Hollywood motion > picture camera work. Simple telescopic lenses in either 2 element > (Tele-Athenar) or 4 element (Tele-Athenar II) with either C-mount or > T-mounts, with this being a T-mount. This model features a full U-channel > tripod bracket similar to what Kirk makes for the Nikon 80-200. Has 4 1/4-20 > holes and 1 3/8-20 hole and a focusing ring that is a dead ringer for a > Pentax Takumar. Plus great bokeh, which you need in movies, from a perfectly > round 18 blade diaphragm. > Kent Gittings - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
