I know what you mean. This device was quite popular in the 80's, but doesn't seem as popular nowadays. Unfortunately, I do not know what it's called.
regards, Alan Chan >Hey everyone, >A friend of mine (actually my girlfriend's friend) just came back from >California and paid us a visit. His uncle gave him a lot of his >photographic >equipment (*ikon... no Pentax unfortunately). Anyways, stowed away in his >newly acquired treasure... he found a right angle lens, for lack of better >words. > >It was a lens, or what looked liked a lens to the common eye, with a large >circular hole on the side of the rotatable lens barrel. Within the hole, >or >missing circular portion of the barrel, was a mirror angled at 45 degrees >with >respect to the mount. > >Within about 30 seconds we figured out what it was used for.... taking >pictures of people without them knowing, good for street photography or >candid >shots. You can basically screw it onto your current lens (52mm), point the >camera 90 degrees away from the person like your taking an interesting shot >of >something else, wait for them to look at the person with the weird lens >attached to their camera, and "presto"... you've got a picture of someone >without them knowing about it or wanting to kick your $%& for doing so. > >So my real question is... what is this accessory called and where the heck >can >I buy one? I looked on EBay but couldn't find anything. > >Gabe _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - 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 .
