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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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marcusBMG wrote:
Lloydy wrote: |
I'd say the 450 is the same series as the 400. |
sorry lloydy I don't follow. Anyway there are at least 3 versions (see updated post above): T-xxxxxx (tamron); Hxxxxxx (?tokina); 27xxxxx (? sun). _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
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TedHarris
Joined: 10 Sep 2014 Posts: 23 Location: Manchester UK
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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TedHarris wrote:
The moon taken with Soligor 400/6.3 and Helios 3x teleconverter.
_________________ Lenses
Voigtländer DKL: 1:2/40, 1:2,8/50, 1:3,4/90, 1:4/135, & 1:4/200
Zeiss M42: 2,4/35, & 1,8/50
Kiron OM: 24/2
Soligor M42: 135/1:2.8, 400/1:6.3
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:50 pm Post subject: 2xxxxxx soligors |
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marcusBMG wrote:
By coincidence, both opportunistically purchased soligors arrived today, and both are classic style chrome eared t-mount 2xxxxx serials. Does that indicate Sun?
35mm f2.8
300mm f5.5
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Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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Newfie
Joined: 04 Mar 2014 Posts: 241 Location: Austin, Texas
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Newfie wrote:
Your serial numbers on both lenses begin with 2 which I believe indicate they are Sun made.
They should do well for you.
Regards,
Gavin _________________ Photography - What a ride
Accura Supertel 135/2.8 PRESET ,Soligor 135mm/ f2.8 Preset, Soligor 135mm/f3.5 Preset (Tokina) Soligor 135mm/2.8 Preset (Tameron) Super Lentar 35mm/ f2,8 Preset (Tokina) Auto Chinon 35/ f2.8, Ensinor 24mm/ f2.8, Ensinor 135mm/ f2.8, Helios 40-2 85mm/ f 1.5, Helios 44-6 58mm/ f2.0, Pentacon 50mm/ f1.8, Spiratone 28mm/3.5, Spiratone 105mm/ 2.5, Vivitar Series 1 70-210 (Kiron) , SMC Tak 55mm/1.8, Cimko 28mm/ f2.8 Macro, Accura Supertel 105mm/ f2.4, Sun 38-90/ f3.5 Y/S Zoom, , Soligor 35-105/ f 3.5 Zoom (Tokina) , Access 28-70 P-MC / f2.8-4.2, , , Paragon 11 28mm / f2.8 Macro, Aetna Rokunar 28mm / f2.8 Macro |
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WNG555
Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:33 am Post subject: |
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WNG555 wrote:
Got my 1st Soligor, and it's the MC 300mm f/4.5.
From what I can gather about this model, it's sourced from Cimko due to the 'diamond arrow'. EDIT: I believe it's actually made by Sun Optics.
f/4.5 isn't usable, lacking sharpness. The next stop on the ring is f/8! (Maybe they should have labeled this a 300mm f/8!)
Here's where results are sharp, and good to f/13.
Pleasantly surprised how light it is, and how good the image is once stopped down. No aberrations, or heavy fringing detected.
It has a pretty deep built-in lens hood. Only detraction is it has no tripod collar. _________________ "The eyes are useless when the mind is blind."
Sony ILCE-6000, SELP1650, SEL1855, SEL55210, SEL5018. Sigma 19/30/60mm f2.8 EX DN Art.
Rokinon 8mm f3.5 Fish-Eye, 14mm f2.8 IF ED UMC. Samyang 12mm f2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-Eye.
And a bunch of Manual-Focus Lenses
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kryss
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2169 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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kryss wrote:
Soligor C/D 35-105mm f3.5 macro
all @f3.5
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:35 pm Post subject: soligor (tamron) 350mm f5.6 |
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marcusBMG wrote:
I wasn't impressed with a chrome eared 9xxxx one, but this T-xxxxx tamron made one is good!
f8, samsung NX20.
_________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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bychance
Joined: 24 Apr 2013 Posts: 345 Location: Kent, England
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:27 am Post subject: |
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bychance wrote:
Someone has loved that lens in the past, looks well used but not abused. I think I'm begining to prefer lenses that look like that as opposed to mint. _________________ I got where I am by avoiding where I was going.
Now where was I? |
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Olivier
Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 5077 Location: France
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
bychance wrote: |
Someone has loved that lens in the past, looks well used but not abused. I think I'm begining to prefer lenses that look like that as opposed to mint. |
+100 !
I have some looking like that and they're all very good. _________________ Olivier - Moderator
Dslr : Olympus Pen E-P2 - Fujifilm X-Pro2 - Canon 5D MkII.
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Nordentro
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 4710 Location: Lillehammer, Norway
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Nordentro wrote:
The Tamron made Soligors are in general good lenses. I have the 250mm f/4.5 which I love _________________ Lars | Lens collection | Manuellfokus.no |
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Chris Bishop
Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Posts: 5 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 1:49 pm Post subject: The Soligor Dualfocals |
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Chris Bishop wrote:
Preparing to throw away my collection of 1980s "Darkroom Photography" magazines, I found in the issue for December 1981 (volume 3, number 8) a full page advertisement headed "The Soligor Dualfocals" with a subheading "two lenses in one...for the price of one", advertising a 28+35 f/5.5/5.8 and an 85+135 f/4 lens.
I was struck by that advertisement, as I don't remember seeing advertisements for Soligor Dualfocals anywhere else. Googling soligor dualfocals advertisement gives no joy. I am aware that there were earlier twin-focal-length lenses, such as the successful Tamron Twin-Tele, as discussed here at http://forum.mflenses.com/tamron-twin-tele-135mm-great-fun-small-package-t33955.html and elsewhere.
Having read these discussions:-
http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-c-d-28-35mm-dualfocal-lens-t59738.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-c-d-dualfocal-3-5-28-and-3-8-35-sold-t69714.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-dualfocal-85mm-135mm-t35156.html
it would seem that those Soligor lenses were poor value even at their low price, were not produced for long, and are not worth seeking out except as curiosities!
By the way, my interest in Soligor lenses started when I was thinking about buying a Miranda SLR; I later bought a Miranda F with a Soligor 50mm f/1.9 lens. (It seemed to me to give a plastic image, full of detail edge to edge, that I considered very different from that of the Taron Unique CRF I'd used before, and the Olympus 35RC and OM-1 I replaced them with.) |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
Hi Chris
I've just realised my photos were missing from my post re the Soligor dual focus lens. I have reinserted them. _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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marcusBMG wrote:
This 400mm f6.3 has a galaxy nameplate but I am 99% sure I have seen it as a soligor too. That ribbed focus ring is pure soligor.
It's distinctive because the focus is at the mount end, and also the operation of the focus is just extension of the lens from the camera. Most other 400mm f6.3's are varying the separation of the two optical groups.
I shall see what sort of pics it takes. _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I think that's an Ittoh made lens. I had the 135 and 200mm versions. The 135 was not bad, a Sonnar copy; the 200 was a dog that I took apart to use the aperture in a project. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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marcusBMG wrote:
Itoh ? Mmmmm interesting suggestion. Diamonds, pentax direction focus and opposite to normal rotation of the aperture rings all indicative. There is a previous thread:
http://forum.mflenses.com/itohkogaku-higon-135-3-5-preset-samples-t19061.html
diyarcade on flickr suggests:
I think Soligor lenses were made by 3 companies :
- T code Tamron
- Y code Komura
- R code Itoh
However this has Hxxxx serial
And I have now found a reference to an Itoh Higon Kogaku 400mm f6.3, looks the same. _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6627 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
I have the 400mm, under another name, as well as a 300/5.6 and a 500mm/8 and I also think they are Itoh. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6627 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:00 am Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
Soligor lenses were made by many more than that -
Tokina, Kiron, Nittoh/Komine, Nissin/Sankor, Kyoei, Kawakami/Kawanon, Cosina, Fujita, Sun, and more besides.
They were in the lens rebranding business for @30 years, so there is a lot out there. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:27 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
A lot of the Soligors are seen as Hanimex or Optomax too. Certainly most of the Auto series of the mid 60s which were mostly Tokinas and had H serials are commonly seen as Hanimex. These 60s Tokinas are usually decent performers and very well made. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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marcusBMG wrote:
My first set of pics suggests this Itoh 400mm is a rather average performer. Interesting and distinctive lens though. _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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WNG555
Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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WNG555 wrote:
Been quite happy with a Soligor Wide Auto 21mm f/3.8 by Tokina. Equipped with T4 mount.
Still quite affordable for this focal length.
Excellent resolution, center is very sharp, and color is rich and warm. Low to nil aberrations.
72mm filter diameter....could benefit from a hood to control flaring. But overall, it handles that well too. (last shot)
Build is very good, and works well for landscapes as well. A great lens buy.
DSC03072_Soligor 21mm f3.8 T4 by wNG 555, on Flickr
DSC03071c_Soligor 21mm f3.8 T4 by wNG 555, on Flickr
sOLE bACI 5 by wNG 555, on Flickr _________________ "The eyes are useless when the mind is blind."
Sony ILCE-6000, SELP1650, SEL1855, SEL55210, SEL5018. Sigma 19/30/60mm f2.8 EX DN Art.
Rokinon 8mm f3.5 Fish-Eye, 14mm f2.8 IF ED UMC. Samyang 12mm f2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-Eye.
And a bunch of Manual-Focus Lenses
My Flickr
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject: Soligor 400mm f5.6 's |
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marcusBMG wrote:
i think I've got the 400mm f6.3's sussed, but I don't know anything about the f5.6's. There appears to be two varieties:
38xxxx serials
77xxxx serial
Any info? _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7776 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Soligor 400mm f5.6 's |
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Lloydy wrote:
marcusBMG wrote: |
i think I've got the 400mm f6.3's sussed, but I don't know anything about the f5.6's. There appears to be two varieties:
38xxxx serials
77xxxx serial
Any info? |
I saw one the same as the bottom lens at the camera fair yesterday, also with Olympus OM mount and it had a H 7****** serial number which indicates a Tokina, and a bargain for £20
The top one has the semi gloss black finish of the CD lens range, at least all my CD lenses have that finish, and they all seem to be Tokina's as well. The 3****** number on that lens is attributed to SUN, and it does have the look of a big old SUN zoom that I've got somewhere.
My 400 5.6 is a Kino / Kiron 'chrome eared' model with a 97***** number. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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marcusBMG wrote:
The reason I doubt the tokina attribution is because they don't look like either of the tokina own nameplate f5.6's: tokina sd 400mm, tokina rmc 400mm _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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starlights
Joined: 04 Apr 2015 Posts: 96 Location: Washington DC
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:02 pm Post subject: Soligor 135mm f1.8 |
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starlights wrote:
Soligor 135mm f1.8
SNXT6581
SNXT6577
Sample: @1.8 on Fuji X-T1
Soligor 135_1-8_SNXT6815
Soligor 135_1-8_SNXT6807 _________________ Lenses for Sale: http://www.ebay.com/sch/starxlights/m.html?item=281825389989 |
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marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012 Posts: 1301 Location: Conwy N Wales
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:52 pm Post subject: T4 to TX convert |
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marcusBMG wrote:
So this is how to convert your T4 mount soligor to use a TX PK mount:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/311306-converting-t4-lenses-tx-k-mount-adapter.html _________________ pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
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