Mike Fourman is the owner of Kiev Camera. He is the one to deal with. KievUSA buys some of his stuff from MIke.
The Arsat 30mmF3.5 is a fantastic lens for the money. (Figure on the actual cost of $239 to $265 ) that IS if you buy directly form him. What Mike does, is to occasionally sell one as a lose leader to attract new buyers. I have an older version, Zodiak that was purchased about 6 - 7 years ago before the Russian / Ukrainian optics became well known through the Shutterbug articles. I originally used it on my Mamiya 645 before going to 6 X 6 witht he Exakta 66. The wayt this is packages, is the lens comes in P-6 (Pentacon mount) mount and a lens mount adapter ring is supplied for the Pentax 645. Other adapter rings goes for Mamiya 645, Contax 645, and various 35mm mounts. This lens is sharp and contrasty. FOr under $300, this is a deal that can't be beat!! Evan Dong On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:59:47 -0500 "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 27 Mar 2002 at 23:41, Stan Halpin wrote: > > > One bid so far, only $9, how could you go wrong? > > With 5 days to go, I suspect that'll rise a bit. > > > > > I noticed that earlier. Since it is not auto aperture, and since > it has such > > obvious distortion, I think I will stick with the Pentax 35/3.5 > wide angle. But > > if you want the quasi fisheye look, hey $9 isn't bad. > > Doesn't look quasi to me. > > I've got the 35/3.5 too, but this is a true fisheye from what I've > been able to tell. Obviously appealing since Pentax doesn't make one > for the 645. > > There was a Shutterbug review of Kiev cameras and lenses a while > back which can be found here: > > http://www.hartblei.com/ > > The guy seems to like it. He also seems to imply that maybe Kiev > Cameras isn't the place to buy it...he seems to favor Kiev USA. > > The part that surprises me is that the lens has a P6 mount, which I > assume means Pentacon 6, and that there's a Pentacon to Pentax > adapter. I'd never heard of such a > thing... > > tv > - > 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 . > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. - 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 .
