Mine is a Super Multi-Coated Takumar. Don't know if a screw mount was made with just SMC on it. I use mine to exercise my arms. Jim A.
> From: William Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:28:30 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pentax 500mm/4.5 SMC lens > > Hey, > > This lens definitly needs a good tripod to mount it on. > > I'm planning on shooting with my k-mount version this coming week. > I'll test it both on my tripod (if I can get it ack from my ex) and also > using a pistol grip I recently purchased. > > The seller lists the price @ B&H in the $2k range. The lens he has > is a screwmount, and he is quoting is K-mount price, if that has > anything to do with a decision. I'm not positive, but I believe the > optics are the same. Does anyone know if the screw mount is really SMC? > > Illinois Bill > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: >> >> I wrote to the seller to ask why he's selling it. His reply: >> >> "I shot it last weekend.. >> It is not for me.. Most of the shots were blurry.. I would need a bigger >> tripod ball-head or something. >> My bogen doesn't cut it. >> It works great on the Canon!! >> it is not the same as my 300mm lens.. >> and when the "wife" saw it... thats another story." >> >> Hmmm. That last point sounds familiar; it's one reason I sold it to him, as I >> had stated in my classified ad on photo.net >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 . > - > 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 .
