RioRico
Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 1120 Location: California or Guatemala or somewhere
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:53 am Post subject: |
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RioRico wrote:
Roughly one zillion such anonymous / no-name M42 TC's exist and are for sale online. US$5 is a decent price -- I recently sold a lot of 3 of them for US$16.50. At least, mine were branded as Vivitar. A TC labeled KFT, CPC, Spiratone, Hama, Varimax, Mepro, Albinar, Cambron, Focal, all brands that have passed through my hands lately, or your Ape -- these are all almost impossible to trace. Your MC8 might mean nothing, or that 8 coatings were applied, or that it contains 1/8 of a coating, or that it came off Manual Construction line #8. Good TCs usually bear a major brand. I only use a no-name if image quality doesn't matter. _________________ Too many film+digi cams+lenses, oh my -- Pentax K20D, K-1000, M42s, more
The simple truth is this: There are no neutral photographs. --F-Stop Fitzgerald |
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visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 11014 Location: California
Expire: 2025-04-11
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:01 am Post subject: |
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visualopsins wrote:
I have one of these! And an APE 3X TC. Got them with an all-Asahi Pentax kit. Both 2X and 3X are in custom-fit Kenko leather cases felted inside with same color green as inside Asahi lens cases. I have seen them associated with other AP kits. The AP in APE may stand for Asahi Pentax. The 2X is a 7-element converter (I counted reflections, I suppose there may be an 8th reflection difficult to see). Pretty good as TCs go, imho, IQ on par with the pretty good Komura 7-element model, definitely much better than cheapo 4-element converters. I wouldn't pay over $20 for it... _________________ ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
Cameras: Sony ILCE-7RM2, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
Lenses:
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Takumar 1:4 f=35mm, 1:2 f=58mm (Sonnar), 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), 1:2.8/105 (Model II), 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, 1:6.3/300, Macro-Takumar 1:4/50, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, 1:1.8 f=55mm, 1:2.2 f=55mm, Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28 (fat), 1:2/35 (Fat), 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4.5/20, 1:3.5/24, 1:3.5/28, 1:2/35, 1:3.5/35, 1:1.8/85, 1:1.9/85 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, 1:4/300, 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMAR 1:4/50, 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, 1:1.8/55
M42 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.4/35
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax K-mount SMC PENTAX-A ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (151B), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
Vivitar 100mm 1:2.8 MC 1:1 Macro Telephoto (Kiron)
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