Just in case you missed it there was a 500/4.5 Takumar with 6x7 mount on
eBay (auction now ended)
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=3852266761
I've heard about this lens but it doesn't appear in any of the catalogs that
I have seen. In experiments with my own SMCT 500/4.5 I
Paul, that lens doesn't allow for too much sudden anthing. It's a behemoth
of a manual focus lens. It's very sharp but it requires careful focusing. I
use mine often with a small extension tube to shoot birds through a window.
The bird pretty much fills the frame at 6 feet.
If you need to be
If you add extension tubes to some tele, does it not make
problems with wigneting? Is there any rule regarding this
matter?
regards,
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Timothy Sherburne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmmm, I think I'd rather have the Nikkor 85/1.5. Anyone know anything about
that lens?
See http://www.cameraquest.com/8515.htm
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Hmmm, I think I'd rather have the Nikkor 85/1.5. Anyone know anything about
that lens?
t
On 12/20/02 9:12 PM, Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote:
Sigma XQ 500 f/4; photo shown (T mount?), $1199 Canadian
http://www.camera-exchange.com/teasers.htm
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The converter is held in by a little spring which when mounted is on the
left hand side when looking
into the lens mount. Just reach in with a small screwdriver, thin knife
blade or fingernail your choice,
and push it towards the center of the lens opening while tuning the adapter
to dismount
The problem was that there was no access to that; the lens itself wouldn't
unscrew from the adapter, and the adapter couldn't be removed from the body
until the lens was unscrewed. It was like a pair of teenagers kissing and
their braces lock.
I had forgotten that the lens must first be
William,
You're right, my screwmount has a metal focusing ring. Sounds as though
it's the K; get back to that store at opening time and nab it! $575 would
be the best price K-mount price I've seen; the K usually goes for above
$1000. Two pre-SMC Takumar 500/4.5s recently went on EBay for more
I have the Non-SMC screw mount version of this lens, which I bought for
~$450.
It's a nice lens and delivers very good results. The manual aperture take
some getting used to but was less of a problem than I initially
expected. In my tests sharpness at f4.5 was not good, there was a big
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:50:08 -0500, Paul F. Stregevsky wrote:
[...] $575 would be the best price K-mount price I've seen; the K
usually goes for above $1000. [...]
Sheesh. To think I had the chance to get a K 500/4.5 in KEH EX
condition with case and caps for US$ 350 about two years ago.
PM
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Subject: Re: 500/4.5
From: William Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there much of a difference in price between K mount and screw? I'm
*pretty* sure that
it had a rubber focusing ring, so perhaps that means K mount.
I've only ever seen the screw mount
Is it M42 or K-mount?
Its a manual lens either way. Good lens even by today's standards. However
the 4 optical elements give it a long minimum focus distance. Longer than a
current lens like the AF Sigma 500/4.5 for instance that has more elements.
These things tend to go for around $700-800 on
Kent,
This would be a K-mount, I think (95% sure). It's definitly a Pentax with a
Pentax mount . . . .
Is it worth it in optical quality? I was thinking that I MIGHT be able to
even mount this puppy on a gunstock for handholdable shots. Better yet, maybe
I would have an excuse to get a
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From: William Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: 500/4.5
Kent,
This would be a K-mount, I think (95% sure). It's definitly a Pentax
with a
Pentax mount . . . .
Is it worth it in optical quality? I was thinking
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