Pentacon Prakticar 1.8/50 (2nd Ver. plastic barrel) PB mount

[Hansaplast]

Hi there,

I still have my Praktica BX21 with various lenses and I'm currently considering to buying me this russian multi adapter for my Oly E-410.

So here's my question:

How good is the Pentacon Prakticar 1.8/50 (PB mount, 2nd Version)??

I searched nearly everywhere for a review about this lens but couldn't find one. I only heard that it is just the PB version of the M42 Pancolar 1.8/50 but don't know if this is true.

Does anybody have experience about the lens or ever compared it to others??

Thanks in advance,

Hansaplast

[koji]

This 2nd version is same as Meyer's Oreston 50/1.8 with a different
coating, but it is a pretty good lens comparable to Pancolar 50/1.8
except at the wide open. Pancolor 50/1.8 performs better at f1.8,
after f5.6 you cannot tell which is which. Of couse the most of 50mm
lens are same at f5.6 or over roughly speaking thou.

[Hansaplast]

Cool, thanks a lot for the info.

I think I'm going to buy me the russian multi adapter to use my old PB lenses. Does anyone know if I can focus to infinity with the adapter??

[Gerrit]

I have this adapter for almost 3/4 year. It looks rather fragile but the construction is rather stiff. With my lenses i can get infinity. The dandalionchip makes it necessery that you change the exposure in Av mode. I had to go between -1 and -2