XR Rikenon 1.4/50

Hi all, I have a question about The Ricoh XR Rikenon 1.4/50mm I bought at e**y. How is this lens compared to a Pentax? I can't compare it to my SMC Takumar 1.4/50 because that one is so yellow I can only use it for B&W. Any opinions over here. Mechanical I think is less than the Pentax, but optica

Asahi Pentax ESII any vices

Hi All, I'm offered a Pentax ESII, it looks to be working fine, with 1.8/55, 3.5/28 (with original hood) and 3.5/135 (with hood, All Super Multi Coated Takumars. The ask 110 Euro's. Is there anything special to look out for with this old stuff?? I think the price is not to high, or am I wrong? R

Fish-eye Takumar

Hi All I just acquired a 4/17mm Fish-eye Takumar. And I have some questions. Are there some thing to look for? It looks very nice, near mint, everything is operating smoothly and the caps are there. Any comments on that lens. How is it compared to the 16mm Zenitar (I have one in K-mount)? What's

RE: mount q + 1000mm/f10 vs 600mm/f8

The mount on the russian lens is sort of fixed T-2 adapter, if your are talking about a MTO (The Rubinar has a fixed mount and can be bought in K-mount, but has a lesser build quality). So you can change the mount with some precision screwdrivers. Be aware the a 600 and a 1000mm are completely diff

RE: Horizon Panoramic camera

I know now that the Horizon is no Leica for build quality but I will get one new with a 3 year warranty. Also A Field camera will be to expensive and to rare to be found over here. So thanks for the comments. Don't forget that Ukranian and Russian camera's are a lot cheaper over here then in the US

RE: Lumetar 135mm f2.8 screwmount lens

Honeywell used the name for a 1250mm mirror optic for Exacta. Also a dirt cheap, and in noway deserving the brand name, series of Rollei 110 cartridge cameras used a lumitar lens. These were made by Tudor in Japan. I don't mean the Rollei A110 and E110, those where real Rollei-cameras with Zeiss le

Horizon Panoramic camera

Hi All Mayby a bit off topic. I'm considering a Horizon 202 camera. Does anyone here has any experience with one of these Russian panoramic cameras? A longtime Pentax User (over 22 years now)

2.5/28mm

Hi All, Does anyone have any experience with the 2.5/28mm (not 2.8) Panagor wideangle (62mm filter, it is multicoated. I think it was made by Kino Precision Optics and also marketed as Vivitar (series 1?) I can buy one, mechanical its feel very nice, but I don't have the time this moment to fi

RE: Pentax K-primes

riginal Message ----- From: "E. van Ginkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:22 PM Subject: RE: Pentax K-primes > Hi, > > I understand I have got them cheap. Pentax secondhand-prices are lower in >

Re: a question regarding 39mm to m42 adaptors

Wayne, You can use it but only on lenses which are designed for the same distance between mount and film-plane. If you want to use lenses designed for rangefindercamera's also beware of the controlcam of the lens (it interfaces with the rangefinder in the correct camera) it could touch the mirror

Re: K mount to 39mm adapters.

Hello, No there's no K- to 39mm adapter, there is howeven a 39mm to 42mm adapter and of course the K to 42 screwmount. The use of 39mm lenses on a K-body is very very very limited, there are some, now very old, russian lenses you can use, they were made for the first Zenit SLR's, those are the on

Re: Fujica screwmount SLRs (was: Spottie Questions (Enablement Needed))

Yes you can mount nearly all M42 lenses on those Fujicas , the only catch is you can't use the later Fujinon screwmount lenses on other cameras because the open-metering lug interferes with the flange on the body of non-fujica camera. (It's an indexing lug very much like Nikon's AI system) There's

Re: choosing M42 body - finder brightness

ns the Chinon CM3 or the Fujica ST801 gets the deal. PS. Don't use Fujinon lenses on non Fujica camera's because the linkage for Open Aperture measuring are on the backside of the F-stop-ring, like Nikon AI lenses. E. van Ginkel - Original Message - From: "J. C. O'

Re: ES-10 film scanner ?

ybe a bit too Windows 3.1-ish. The PC the scanner is connected to is a 1GHz AMD Thunderbird with 512mb of memory, so thats is not the one which slows it down. E. van Ginkel - Original Message - From: "Frantisek Vlcek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent:

Re: K2

Thanks - Original Message - From: "Tim Engel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Engel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:52 PM Subject: Re: K2 > 13 Nov 01, E. van Ginkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

K2

Hello, I just bought a Black Asahi Pentax K2 for the equivalent of 100us$. The body has some brassing at the corners, but seems to work fine. Questions: Is this a good deal? Does anyone have a manual to download for me? When were these camera made? Thanks René van Ginkel - This message is

Re: Stereo Adaptor

I have one which I rarely use nowaday. There are indeed two parts, one is the viewer. You have to work on slidefilm (chromes). You have to screw the camera part in front of the lens, like a filter. The part is intended to be used with a 50 or 55 mm standardlens. You get to vertical oriented pictur

Re: Circular fish-eye lens for pentax-k -- Peleng or Sigma EX?

I have a Peleng, the lens is sharp but suffers a lot from internal reflections which are giving light rings on the outside of the picture circle. Its not flare but something different. The picture circle is a bit larger then the short side of a negative or slide (about 25 mm). The lens is cheap i

Re: Accura Diamatic YS 135mm/2.8 screwmount lens question

It's an YS-scew-mount adaptor. You can use the lens as a standard m42-lens. I believe the YS-adaptor is a Sigma thing of the late 70's. I to have a YS-lens. A 100mm 2.8 Sigma Macro René van Ginkel - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May