Re: 3.5/24 SMC Pentax

2004-01-24 Thread Fred
> the mount is strangely corroded but seems to work OK I wonder what sort of corrosion it has, Raimo. I once had an M* 300/4 that was in overall great shape, except that it had been corroded on the surface of the K-mount flange (I assumed it had been left on a body with some water between the bod

Re: 3.5/24 SMC Pentax

2004-01-24 Thread Fred
> I have noticed that objects in the edges get distorted (pulled > long) but I guess this is normal for such lenses (I noticed my new > to me K18/3.5 does that too). It is normal (and unavoidable) for normal rectilinear wide-angle lenses to do this - it is the result of the wide-angle perspective.

Re: 3.5/24 SMC Pentax

2004-01-24 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Message rearranged. On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Jan 23, 2004, at 4:56 PM, Raimo Korhonen wrote: > > > What´s the general opinion of this lens? > > I bought one quite cheaply, 50 Euros - the mount is strangely corroded > > but seems to work OK. > > > I have the lens. i use it

3.5/24 SMC Pentax

2004-01-23 Thread Raimo Korhonen
What´s the general opinion of this lens? I bought one quite cheaply, 50 Euros - the mount is strangely corroded but seems to work OK. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho