You just ~had~ to slide that in there, didn't you, Bruce? cheers, frank
--- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> Sent: November 5, 2012 11/5/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: The MF - A Pentax Oddity Certainly a fec ... und area for anal ... ysis. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > It seems to me that what's called for here is some experimentation and an > extraordinary plenary PUG showing all possible uses of the MF and MF-1, so > come on boys, get out the Vaseline, the ring-flash and the mirrors, and > let's see what you can do down under! > > B > >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Ewins >> >> 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. >> > > > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
