Peter: Thanks for your response. That's very good to know-I'm LOL! Sorry for your experience. Good thing it (the Soligor) was given to me for free. I think I will send it straight to the garbage can. I don't even want to take a chance on it, especially if it might stick to the body.
--- Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm holding in my hand a "Soligor Auto Tele > Converter 2x To Fit Pentax K" > The screw is the lens release button. > > Mechanically it is a piece of crap, The one I have > worked for exactly > one hour, and I think I used it to make one > exposure. The stop down indicator > arm bent out of alignment and is made of such cheep > metal that it will not > hold > it's original shape. Much of the rest of it is made > of such cheep > materials that > they easily bend and deform. I had to partially > disassemble it to remove > it from > the camera it was mounted on when it failed. I > couldn't give you an optical > assessment but my opinion is "how could the Tamron > be worse". > > > > At 07:31 PM 2/12/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Today I acquired a "Soligor" auto tele converter 2X > to > >fit Pentax-K. First question-what is the screw on > the > >side for? Maybe to activate some kind of > electrical > >contact? > > > >Second, is it better or worse than, the Tamron-F SP > >tele converter 2X KR BBAR MC7 that I already own? > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > >http://shopping.yahoo.com > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. > --Groucho Marx > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
