Quoting Bob W <p...@web-options.com>:
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!
That gives the term "ring flash" a whole new meaning.
We're probably qualified to experiment with these cameras - as our
former Prime Minister Paul Keating was heard to say, "Australia is the
arse end of the earth". There was even a song:
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/keating/thearseendoftheearth.htm
Now - where are my rubber gloves...
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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.
>
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Brian
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