Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-21 Thread Cameron Hood
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?! Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT You're right. That must be very rare. I never heard of it. Paul Bob Rapp wrote: Hi Paul, There were 2 85-210 K zooms. One

Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
This one-touch zoom was made for just 9 months during 1976. It was sold with a reversible screw-on metal hood made especially for this lens. I've noted just three since 1999: $350 obo, posted Feb. 2, 2001, on http://camerex.com/discuss/messages/3/249.html?FridayFebruary220010... $364 EX KEH 6/99

Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
Bob Rapp wrote: There were 2 85-210 K zooms. One was f4.5 and identical to the SMC Takumar. This one is f3.5! The Takumar's filter size was 58mm. I use the Tak's metal screw-in hood on my Tokina ATX 90/2.5 macro, via a 55-to-58mm step-up ring. (Photography measured the Tokina's focal length to be

SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-19 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1946592123 I had to check Bojidar's KMP because I couldn't believe it... Has anybody out there ever used (or simply touched) one of those beasts? Ciao, Gianfranco = __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!

Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-19 Thread Michael Cross
In case anyone is thinking of buying this lens . . . I purchased a lens from the Ebay seller about six months ago. I would not buy another lens from him. Please contact me offlist if you would like more info. Michael Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:

Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have both the SMC Takumar version and the SMC Pentax (K) version. They're both excellent. And from among the forty or so lenses that I own, they are the only zooms. Paul Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1946592123 I had to check Bojidar's KMP

Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?!

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Rapp
Hi Paul, There were 2 85-210 K zooms. One was f4.5 and identical to the SMC Takumar. This one is f3.5! Bob - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Re: SMC PENTAX 85-210mm f3.5 ZOOM?! I have