Kent, You're right. The lens in question, on German EBay, is a 300/4:
http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1315106059 Since I'm also thinking of getting a moderately fast 300, I appreciate the tip to pass on the Pentacon. By the way, there's a coated PK-mount Enna 400/4.5 (yes, K mount), mint, for sale on the Web for something like $450. Since it seems you want one badly. I didn't want anyone to beat you to it, so write to me for the URL. Igor of Igorcameras.com has several Enna 400/4.5s, in Exacta and Topcon mounts, for $395 (http://www.igorcamera.com/Exacta%20&%20Topcon.htm). I also know of a Piesker 400/4.5 or two for sale; one in M42, the other I think in K mount. Write to me for those URLs, too. Any that you're not interested in, I'll share them with the list PS: If you had to choose between the Enna 400/4.5K at $450 and the Pentax 400/5.6 PKA at $500, which would you choose? Paul Stregevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kent Giddings wrote: Are you sure it is 400/4 and not 400/4.5? Most Pentacon lenses were made by only a couple of makers and I can't find any listing for a 400/4. There were 2 400/4.5 lenses that I know of. One by Piesker and one by Enna. I got outbid on one of the former a short time ago and the Enna is very rare. Pentacon only had 2 telephotos with their own name inscribed on them, and both were built by Meyer Gorlitz (because part of Pentacon later) and were the same as the M-G Orestegor lenses. One was a 300/4 and the other a 500/5.6. Neither is as good as the Aus Jena 300/4 Sonnar and the 500/5.6 is not considered as good as the current Ukrainian 500/5.6 MC APO-Arsat. Most of these were available in 35mm mounts also. Kent Gittings -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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 .
