"The mounting the tube seems also an original." Are you sure about that? Compare the pictures at AOHC:
http://www.aohc.it/cameras/nocta.jpg and, http://www.aohc.it/images/sp40.jpg to the picture at the auction: http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!Bw0VCdQBGk~$(KGrHqIOKioEwPgB+i)hBMKt40,WIw~~_12.JPG You can see that the historic pictures show a much shorter tube between the wide part of the lens and the body of the image intensifier, with no obvious tapering or visible bright metal. The ebay lens doesn't have any place where an image intensifier could be placed according to the old pictures. regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) 2010/7/3 Michel Carrère-Gée <[email protected]>: > Le 03/07/2010 10:30, Anthony Farr a écrit : >> >> Whew! It took some googling but I finally tracked this one down. It >> looks like the lens from a Pentax Nocta from 1966, which is part-way >> down this page: >> >> http://www.aohc.it/oddse1.htm >> >> Any comments, Dario? >> >> As rare as it must be, the starting price on this auction looks >> ludicrously high. Terms such as "IR focusing system" and "image >> intensifier" came up in references to this lens. It seems like that >> function of the lens has gone out-of-service and has been replaced >> with a simple mounting tube which looks unoriginal and most >> un-Asahi-like in its style and finish. > > ... > I reread the "Spotmatic" No. 40 (April 2004): You're right, it's a 300mm > 3.3. > The mounting the tube seems also an original. > > Michel > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
