Peter Alling wrote:
>
> I've never used that lens however I did some quick research and
> here's what I've found out. It was manufactured sometime between
> 1960 and the early eighty's you don't mention the mount but if it's
> k-mount then early eighty's by default. Manufacturer might be
> Hoya or Tokina. Original list price $90.00. US so I would say a street
> price between $45.00 to $60.00 at than time. Current
> list price if it were still made, (allowing for inflation), would be
> about 2.75 times the old price. On e-bay these things don't really go
> for much, they don't have any cachet so I wouldn't expect it to sell
> for much more than you paid for it plus shipping and handling. I'd list
> it with a starting bid of $10 and a reserve of $15 and hope to get $20.
I have two pentax 28mm's so I ain't gonna keep it myself.
Thanks so much PEter for investigating! It may end up as a
present for my friend who is going to China.
I sent her one of my Pentax 28's to borrow.
>
> The diopters are an interesting case. They are probably only single element,
> so they will likely throw off the color correction on any lens you use them
> on, leading to color fringing, or in the case of B&W film a slight doubling
> of the image. I've never been very happy with any images I've taken with
> the one's that I have. Other people I know have been quite happy with them
> so you never know.
I thought I'd keep these and play around with them. They
certainly make good
magnifiers - there was a 2x a 1x and a 4x in the set.
thanks again, Peter!
annsan
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