I saw one of these this week sell for nearly $900, and the fine EBay seller CUPOG has one available. Read his sale description, just to learn about it, and...
I have some contemporary review material of the Pentacon Super if anyone would like to see it. I think it was intended to compete with the Exakta VX1000 as...
... That is interesting. I don't recall seeing it tho I check his listings most weeks. How was the modification effected? Could it be done in reverse? I've ...
this was a professional job, but I heard from the "russian" guy who sells adapters in hong kong that a little known trick is to hammer-on an M42/EOS adapter to...
(In reply) - I have seen some really good reviews - you should join the Zenit group and ask that question. There is one offered for my Kiev- 10, but it is...
Well I have the Mir 20mm/3,5. Please bear in mind that this is just my humble opinion, some people might have different views.To my eyes the lens is...
... I have one. I'd say for the money it is pretty good. However it is a little soft in the corners, particularly wide open. On my example, the stop-down...
(In reply) - Over the years and camera mounts, there may be differences, but I understand that this lens does NOT have a thread for filters on the front at...
Thanks to all who have shared their experiences with the Mir-20M. Phil, the one I'm thinking of buying is new and has three 30.5mm filters that fit the rear of...
(In reply) - What I would expect. optically speaking, is that any distortion or flaws from a filter in the rear would be more pronounced than for a lens with...
In fact its possible, I've do such conversion myself before the lens throat of the altix lens ( the part that are between the silver barrel and the...
Phil & Franka, thanks to both of you for the information and pictures. I think it's safe to say that I like what I saw and that there's a Mir- 20M in the...
...and there's supposed to be this issue about the requirement of having a filter permanently mounted over the lens' rear element for optical reasons? There's...
sorry for resurrecting a corpse thread, but i have to take issue! obviously the laws of physics show that a large negative is always going to beat a smaller...
I have been picking up some bargain M42 lenses... testing some on my DSLR (Maxxum 7D) Lentar 28mm/2.8 soft and dreamy wide open Sharp when stopped down, just...
i was reading in some magazine or other about how lenses designed for film can have sharpness problems on digitals (because of the thickness of the CCD...
I think this might be a marketing ploy to get people to buy new lenses for their DSLR. I have many minolta lenses that were made before DSLR was a glimmer in ...
come to think of it, it probably wasnt sharpness, but chromatic abberation (i think, i really cant remember where i read it!) i gather that the "italian flag...
Great image quality alone doesn't make a photograph but poor image quality can ruin one. 35mm sucks for landscapes especially wide angle ones..... ... From:...
well im sure the quality sucks compared to a larger negative. but still, people hand over their money for a hassleblad xpan, or a horizont or various other...
Guys, if I can, may I step in and offer my take on the matter. I do shoot landscape and I do shoot large format ( 8x10 ) and I do shoot a lot of 35mm...
i agree and you're living proof! although i think its 'okay' for someone else to think 35mm sucks for landscape, like so many other things its their subjective...
I've accumulated several M42 lenses from ebay and in many cases the rear cap is missing. I've checked the bits & pieces sellers who have mountains of Pentax-K...
Have you tried KEH? When they have them in stock they are usually just a couple of dollars. ... From: doubs43 [mailto:doubs43@...] Sent: Saturday, April...
when i sell a lens on ebay, i dont include the lens caps ;) i guess rear lens caps are one of those items that get lost, and never had a market for spares....
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