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Tom in Delaware
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 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:52 am Post subject: A forgotten lens, Ricoh RKN 35-70mm |
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Tom in Delaware wrote:
I found this lens on Ebay and did not find much about it on the Internet. It was the kit lens for the later Ricoh SLRs, a K-mount lens that operates as both an A type lens for Pentax SLRs and dSLRs and a P-type lens for the later Ricoh SLRs. I bid on it and got it for $.99, came to about $9 with shipping. I took some shots of my coffee table in my man cave (the den, where all my cameras live) and a local park at sundown with my Pentax K200D.
F3.5
F5.6
F8
F8
Very heavily cropped image of a hawk at F6.3
Same as above, F6.3
Different day, same lens on a Ricoh XR-10 SLR, Kodak Gold 200:
Same day as picture above, Ricoh XR-10 and lens, Gold 200 film:
Same park, later in Spring, Ricoh XR-10 with Gold 200 film, pretty nice bokeh.
Different location, same camera and lens, cropped from original negative, Gold 200:
Not a bad little lens, a bit prone to flare in certain situations but it works well on my K200D and has pretty well behaved bokeh. |
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mo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:19 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
Not bad at all,you are not worried about the Ricoh pin jamming on your K200D?
I have this lens as well and have not tried it because of the Pin....I also have the K200D as well  
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:53 am Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
This was the first SLR lens I have ever bought!
In a kit with my Ricoh KR-10x in 1990.
I still have it!
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Tom in Delaware
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Location: Delaware, USA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:55 am Post subject: |
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Tom in Delaware wrote:
| mo wrote: |
Not bad at all,you are not worried about the Ricoh pin jamming on your K200D?
I have this lens as well and have not tried it because of the Pin....I also have the K200D as well |
Check yours, but on my RKN lens the Ricoh pin is a rounded bump, like the contacts on a Pentax A lens and this type of pin does not appear to get stuck, unlike the pins on third party lenses that offered Ricoh pin contacts (like Vivitar). |
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
Looks a nice lens or just samples are good ? I like them really!
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soikka
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soikka wrote:
This lens? or the never one with variable aperture?
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magkelly
Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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magkelly wrote:
I think this is the lens that I picked up for a song at a garage sale last week. It's not a bad little lens at all. I took the pin out just in case though. It's much better than my similar Tou 5 Star actually.... |
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mo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
Thanks, I will be checking the pin!
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Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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Tom in Delaware
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Tom in Delaware wrote:
| soikka wrote: |
This lens? or the never one with variable aperture?
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Mine is a later lens with a 52mm filter ring and just RKN (in green), not Rikenon on the lens and is a variable aperture lens, f3.5-4.5. |
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