Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-05 Thread Anthony Farr
Thanks for sharing your historical expertise, Dario. That new photo is quite clear and informative and should satisfy anyone that the lens is not sporting its original back end. It looks to me like the lens in its original form is fixed to the IR unit, and not meant to be dismounted in normal use

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-03 14:01, David Parsons wrote: How many stops is 256x? 8 -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Dario Bonazza
In this case, I believe the IR unit usually (so to speak) seen between the lens and the Nocta body has been replaced by a simple barrel, in order to keep the register distance. See this picture I've just uploaded: www.aohc.it/images/Nocta_06.jpg Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Dario Bonazza
0 AM Subject: Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay Whew! It took some googling but I finally tracked this one down. It looks like the lens from a Pentax Nocta from 1966, which is part-way down this page: http://www.aohc.it/oddse1.htm Any comments, Dario?

RE: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Bob W
8 > > How many stops is 256x? > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Brendan MacRae > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message > >> From: Anthony Farr > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Sent: Sat, July

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread David Parsons
How many stops is 256x? On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > > - Original Message >> From: Anthony Farr >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 3:58:31 AM >> Subject: Re: Strange "Asahi NC Taku

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message > From: Anthony Farr > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 3:58:31 AM > Subject: Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay > > "The mounting the tube seems also an original." Are you sur

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Anthony Farr
"The mounting the tube seems also an original." Are you sure about that? Compare the pictures at AOHC: http://www.aohc.it/cameras/nocta.jpg and, http://www.aohc.it/images/sp40.jpg to the picture at the auction: http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!Bw0VCdQBGk~$(KGrHqIOKioEwPgB+i)hBMKt40,WIw~~_12.JPG You c

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Le 03/07/2010 10:30, Anthony Farr a écrit : Whew! It took some googling but I finally tracked this one down. It looks like the lens from a Pentax Nocta from 1966, which is part-way down this page: http://www.aohc.it/oddse1.htm Any comments, Dario? As rare as it must be, the starting price

Re: Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Anthony Farr
Whew! It took some googling but I finally tracked this one down. It looks like the lens from a Pentax Nocta from 1966, which is part-way down this page: http://www.aohc.it/oddse1.htm Any comments, Dario? As rare as it must be, the starting price on this auction looks ludicrously high.Terms

Strange "Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42" on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
http://cgi.ebay.com/Asahi-NC-Takumar-3-3-300mm-Pentax-M42-/350370216253 Strange, never seen, unknow: NC (?) Takumar 1:3.3 (?) 300 mm It has been changed, but the ring marking seems real... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSC