I think both of these are aimed more at the I've got this old lens I
wonder what it goes to? crowd than towards the aficionados.
From: David Parsons
The pictures aren't very good. You can barely distinguish many of the details on the
mounts. I was also hoping for descriptive text to go with
No matter who they are aimed at, if you can't see details in the
pictures, they aren't useful.
And, if I'm looking up a lens mount, I want to read what the features
of the mount are. ie: a three prong bayonet, 6 data pins at 5
o'clock, and an aperture lever at 3 o'clock.
I think it's a great
on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote
For those who enjoy looking for vintage camera lenses at the local
sales and thrift stores...
http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html
Looks like nice clear pictures and explanations.
hmmm, i'm not sold on this reference
it says
on 2011-12-02 11:04 they whom i call myself wrote:
more important to me in thrifting etc. is recognizing which lenses are special
— anyone know of a quick reference of that sort?
i should mention that i know i can trawl the lens database at pentaxforums.com
— it's useful, though it needs
On 12/2/2011 1:04 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote
For those who enjoy looking for vintage camera lenses at the local
sales and thrift stores...
http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html
Looks like nice clear pictures and explanations.
hmmm,
On 12/2/2011 1:09 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-12-02 11:04 they whom i call myself wrote:
more important to me in thrifting etc. is recognizing which lenses
are special
— anyone know of a quick reference of that sort?
i should mention that i know i can trawl the lens database at
on 2011-12-02 11:34 P. J. Alling wrote
I also did a somewhat in depth comparison of the Second and Third
versions of VIvitar S1 70-210mm lenses, that I think is available in the
archives. Both are well worth having. The third version since it was never
released in an A version is often available
On 12/2/2011 2:13 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-12-02 11:34 P. J. Alling wrote
I also did a somewhat in depth comparison of the Second and Third
versions of VIvitar S1 70-210mm lenses, that I think is available in the
archives. Both are well worth having. The -third- /second/ version
since
The pictures aren't very good. You can barely distinguish many of the
details on the mounts.
I was also hoping for descriptive text to go with the pictures.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote
For those who enjoy
My perspective on this is: If you use one brand of camera as we do, unless you
are a total newbie, you already know the Pentax system, and either have or know
where you can find out. The PDML is where you would go to find out that you
should go to http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ for descriptions
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