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> From: Anthony Farr <farranth...@gmail.com>
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net>
> Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 3:58:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay
>
> "The mounting the tube seems also an original."
Are you sure about
> that? Compare the pictures at
> AOHC:
http://www.aohc.it/cameras/nocta.jpg
and,
http://www.aohc.it/images/sp40.jpg
to
> the picture at the
> auction:
http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!Bw0VCdQBGk~$(KGrHqIOKioEwPgB+i)hBMKt40,WIw~~_12.JPG
You
> can see that the historic pictures show a much shorter tube
between the wide
> part of the lens and the body of the image
intensifier, with no obvious
> tapering or visible bright metal. The
ebay lens doesn't have any place
> where an image intensifier could be
placed according to the old
> pictures.
regards, Anthony
The Nocta is described pretty well in Oosten's "The Ultimate Asahi Pentax Screw
Mount Guide 1952-1977," pgs 255-256. From the three pictures in this book, it
appears as though the eBay lens is complete minus the larger focusing handle. A
rare unit indeed.
The description of lens from the book:
"The lens is a highly specialized Takumar 1:3.3/300mm for Infrared photography.
The minimum aperture is f/22, the angle of view is 8 degrees. It was supplied
with a 256X Neutral Density filter (42mm) for use under daylight conditions.
The actual front of the lens measures 300/3.3 = 91mm in diameter of which only
the central part is used in daylight." - pg 255.
-Brendan
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