Re: Question on RARE Lens

2001-04-10 Thread Chris Brogden
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, William Kane wrote: It's marked "ULTRA-MICRO-TAKUMAR 1:1.3 30mm". "ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN" Anyone have any idea what this lens is for? It's got aperture setting from 1.3 to 22, and has a screw mount on the rear of the lens that is smaller than 42mm . . . maybe 37 or 39

Re: Question on RARE Lens

2001-04-10 Thread Luis Pinar
I remember seeing in a Pentax lens brochure from the '70s an adapter which allowed the use of 'special' macro lenses such as Zuiko Mplan(?) 21 mm for extreme magnification on a bellows. Perhaps your lens is similar to that one. __ Do You Yahoo!?

Question on RARE Lens

2001-04-09 Thread William Kane
Ok guys, In the package with my recent LX, I also got a very strange lens. It's marked "ULTRA-MICRO-TAKUMAR 1:1.3 30mm". "ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN" Anyone have any idea what this lens is for? It's got aperture setting from 1.3 to 22, and has a screw mount on the rear of the lens that is

Re: Question on RARE Lens

2001-04-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "William Kane" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 9, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: Question on RARE Lens Ok guys, In the package with my recent LX, I also got a very strange lens. It's marked "ULTRA-MICRO-TAKUMAR 1:1.3 30mm&qu

Re: Question on RARE Lens

2001-04-09 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
In the package with my recent LX, I also got a very strange lens. It's marked "ULTRA-MICRO-TAKUMAR 1:1.3 30mm". "ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN" has a screw mount on the rear of the lens that is smaller than 42mm . . . maybe 37 or 39 Recently William Robb wrote: It sounds like a bellows lens for