OT: Re: Zenit SLRs

2001-03-20 Thread Luis Pinar
Hi Gabor You seem to know about russian lenses. What is your opinion about the M42Industar 50mm f2.8? Luis __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss M

Re: Zenit SLRs

2001-03-20 Thread Sas Gabor
Hi, Robert Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I started with a Zenit E about 13 years ago, then upgraded to a >> Zenit 12XP, then came a Zenit 19. >> I would add that in my experience the newer a Zenit is, the less >> reliable it is. >I guess I am lucky -- I have an old reliable  Zenit E sitt

Re:  Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-19 Thread Robert Harris
Sas Gabor wrote: > Hi, > > I started with a Zenit E about 13 years ago, then upgraded to a > Zenit 12XP, then came a Zenit 19. > > [snip] > I would add that in my experience the newer a Zenit is, the less > reliable it is. [snip] I guess I am lucky -- I have an old reliable Zenit E sitting in

Re: Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-17 Thread Ted Bradshaw
Todd Stanley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone have any comments on these beasts? I surely do! Years ago, when Pontius was still a pilot, my first SLR was a Zenit B, and I loved it. The camera was very solid in the hand and worked well for me for a few years. (I must have had a good one!) Its

Re: Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-17 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, my first slr was a Zenit (B or E, I think), back in about 1977 or 1978. I used it for a couple of years and it was perfectly ok as a 1st slr. I still have some of the better photos I took with it. It came with a Helios standard lens, about f/2 iirc, which was very soft and low contrast. Not a

Re: Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-16 Thread dosk
Subject: Re: Zenit SLRs? Damn thing looks just like a MZ-S.. (How much did you say it was?) Dosk > > The one in the auction is a new style, or atleast it looks newer. It's > also a K-mount too, and the lens is the only K-mount 58mm I can think of. > 58mm (along with

Re: Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-16 Thread Todd Stanley
The one in the auction is a new style, or atleast it looks newer. It's also a K-mount too, and the lens is the only K-mount 58mm I can think of. 58mm (along with 55mm) used to be popular focal lengths but now it seems hardly anyone makes them anymore, and I don't have any idea why. Oh, BTW here

Re: Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-16 Thread GLewis4457
In a message dated 3/16/01 8:45:11 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj: Zenit SLRs? Date: 3/16/01 8:45:11 PM Central Standard Time From:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Stanley) Sender:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone have

Zenit SLRs?

2001-03-16 Thread Todd Stanley
Anyone have any comments on these beasts? I noticed a seller is running an auction for a bunch of new ones pretty cheap. They would seem to be fun to own just off of the reactions you'd probably get from people while using it (what the heck is that thing?!?). And of course you could use all yo