What they said was "SMC Pentax 1:2.51135 5046662". I think they just mistook the middle / for a 1. Should be: "SMC Pentax 1:2.5/135 5046662" Looks just like mine too. ;-)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: keithw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Name that lens! > > > Don Sanderson wrote: > > Holy Cow! > > I see what it is, I'll let others figure it out. > > Saaaa-Weeet! > > > > Don > > What the seller described, when asked to read off what was on the lens, > he read off what was on the flip-style lens cover! > Butler Creek is a well known manufacturer of lens covers, some of which > flip out of the way. > That's what the odd front element covering in the picture is... > > I don't know what all the extraneous numbers he quoted belong to! > Some might belong to the lens, some the Butler cover... > > Only JCO will know, after he gets it in his hands. > You sure couldn't trust the seller to help, as he's a totally unaware > seller. Sighhh. > > I'm surprised he advertised it as a Pentax lens, and not a Butler lens! > > keith whaley >
