Brian- Wikipedia agrees with you, 1949 on the Contax S.
I don't think I'll store it with other lenses. There is probably little chance of contamination, but the way my luck has been lately... Thanks- Mike On Jul 1, 2007, at 11:42 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > Hi Mike > > The lens does give an interesting, misty effect - it seems more > noticeable on some images than others, probably due to the amount > of flare caused by the direction of the light. > > I have one of these lenses as well but mine's a bit later (it has > "ISCO" rather than "JSCO"). I've never used it - it came on an old > Edixa that I bought for my M42 collection. > > I'm fairly sure that the M42 mount was introduced with the Contax S > in 1949, but I'm happy to be corrected. > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP) > Web: http://asgap.org.au > Blog: http://www.blognow.com.au/gumnuts/ > Australian Plants online: http://asgap.org.au/apol.html > > > Quoting Beaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I finally got the ISCO lens apart and fixed the focus problem. >> Couldn't get into the iris mechanism, so I ignored it. >> >> The lens has some fungus marks in it. I think that is what is >> giving the >> misty, old-fashioned look. It isn't a lens for everyday use, but it >> will >> make a nice special-purpose lens. >> >> It has an aluminum body. The lens is marked "JSCO", instead of >> "ISCO". >> Scott posted that using a "J" instead of an "I" died out after >> WWII, >> so I'm >> guessing this lens was made just after WWII. (When was the M42 >> mount >> introduced?) >> >> Its first pictures on Flickr: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157600588847029/ >> >> I did a little experimentation with B&W conversions with >> Lightroom. >> Let me know what you think- comments and criticisms are welcome! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Find out how you can get spam free email. > http://www.bluebottle.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
