Hi Brian, I own an MF and two MF-1s but don't know much more than you. I do believe that it is meant for some sort of endoscope/gastroscope set up which would bayonet on to the end of the lens/adapter. Only one of mine has the endoscope adapter and it is different to yours - shorter and with the designation AP-K55 so I guess there were different focal length adapters to vary the magnification.
A couple of other things - you say it has no focussing screen, but does it have the semi-spherical protrusion below the prism? If I mount a lens on mine I still get a focussed image. The other thing is that although based on the ME it has the two pins on the back for the old-style databack which would make it the only ME style body to do so. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia On 06/11/2012, at 7:49 AM, Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: > G'day all > > I knew these things existed - there's a photo of a similar one on Boz's site > - but I'd never seen one "in the flesh" until the last camera market in > Sydney. > > So I just had to have it :-) > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1108-peso.html > > It's of absolutely no practical use but it's interesting, just the same. > It's based on the ME but has no focusing screen and a has spot meter built > into the top of the pentaprism. The apparently missing right had strap > connector isn't. That's the way it came from the factory. > > This one is the original half-frame version - the one on Boz's site is the > later full frame version (MF-1). There was also a similar one based on the > MX (see Dario's Asahi Optical Historical Club). > > A couple of questions.. > > Was this the only half frame camera Pentax produced? > > Does anyone know exactly how it was used? All that crops up in internet > searches is that it was used "for medical purposes" - some say optometry; > some say endoscopy. > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.