re: russiancopy

2006-03-18 Thread Fiso_PENTAX
Hello Bob and Tim, If it's a lot of trouble doing it, then forget it. It's not that important to me. I'm asking mainly out of general curiosity. I summarized in my earlier post. As good as the first generation 300/2.8 Nikkor with low-dispersion glass, but not as good as the current

RE: russiancopy

2006-03-17 Thread Tim Øsleby
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14. mars 2006 19:37 To: pentax-discuss Subject: Re: russiancopy Hello Bob, Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:54:49 -0500 From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: russiancopy The 300mm f/2.8 Yashmar has been made sporadically

Re: russiancopy

2006-03-17 Thread Bob Shell
On Mar 17, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I'm pretty curious about the performance of this lens. How about a report? Unfortunately, my Shutterbug review is no longer on their web site. Bob

RE: russiancopy

2006-03-17 Thread Tim Øsleby
-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: russiancopy On Mar 17, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I'm pretty curious about the performance of this lens. How about a report? Unfortunately, my Shutterbug review is no longer on their web site. Bob

Re: russiancopy

2006-03-17 Thread Carlos Royo
Tim Øsleby wrote: I'm pretty curious about the performance of this lens. How about a report? That lens was reviewed years ago in Amateur Photography, and they found it to be be a very good telephoto. Unfortunately, the magazine were I read the review went to the reciclyng bin years ago.

Re: russiancopy

2006-03-17 Thread Bob Shell
On Mar 17, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: If you wrote a review of the lens you might be able to remember some of the highlights of the review. Reconstructing might not be a very scientific method, but could give some hints. If it's a lot of trouble doing it, then forget it. It's not

RE: russiancopy

2006-03-17 Thread Tim Øsleby
-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: russiancopy On Mar 17, 2006, at 8:25 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: If you wrote a review of the lens you might be able to remember some of the highlights of the review. Reconstructing might not be a very scientific method, but could give some hints. If it's

Re: russiancopy

2006-03-14 Thread Bob Shell
The 300mm f/2.8 Yashmar has been made sporadically in limited quantities for some years. I wrote a test report on it for Shutterbug something like ten years ago. Optically it is a copy of an early Nikkor 300/2.8 . I found the sample I tested to perform very well, but not up to the

Re: russiancopy

2006-03-14 Thread Fiso_PENTAX
Hello Bob, Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:54:49 -0500 From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: russiancopy The 300mm f/2.8 Yashmar has been made sporadically in limited quantities for some years. I wrote a test report on it for Shutterbug something like