Hanimax was at one time the Practica distributor, Pentax was a Practica clone. I think Hanimax was based in that land down under, Oz.
--graywolf ------------------------------------------------- The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kent Gittings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:52 AM Subject: RE: Why Hanimex is now identical to Pentax. > The 50/4 would have to be the macro lens. A much more valuable lens than one > of the standard 50mm lenses although admittedly slower. Hanimax is just one > of the clone makers, althopugh I think it is a German company. > Kent Gittings > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jody > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 5:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Why Hanimex is now identical to Pentax. > > > Another email that got lost when the gremlins > unsubscribed me, was about my new (old) lens. > > I went to one of the two local camera shops looking > for lenses. I know that the other does wonderful > processing, but has no second-hand gear. Well, turned > out this one had no second-hand gear either, but the > guy suggested Cash Converters (Criminal Central). I > was rather dubious as I had been to CC in other towns, > and nothing remotely Pentax. But I thought it > couldn't hurt to try. > > So I went there and asked the sales assistant if there > were any Pentax lenses in the cabinet, they had them > positioned in such a way that it was impossible to > tell. So she started pulling all these lenses out of > the cabinet. "Here, this one's Pentax", she said. > OK, since when does Hanimex=Pentax? The thread wasn't > even the right diameter. After pulling out a few more > which she insisted were Pentax, but surprisingly > weren't, I was astonished to discover that the next > few she handed me were actually Pentaxes. > > There were three of them, all M lenses, M55:f2 or f4 I > think, M50:f4 and the one I finally chose M50:f1.7. > It is in pretty darn good condition too, complete with > Zenith Tempest 1A skylight. It cost me NZ$69 > (~US$50). I am quite happy with it. I keep > nostalgically fantasising about the M50:f1.4 on my > Spotmatic, but then again, how much difference really > between f1.4 and f1.7? I love these M lenses though. > They just seem to have that nice feel to them, lovely > to hold, lovely to focus. > > Jody. > Find a job, post your resume. > http://careers.yahoo.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
