What brand of lens is this? I recently acquired a nice Pentax K1000 that had a 70-210mm zoom on it. I can't find a manufacturer or brand name on the lens anywhere. The only marking I...

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I recently acquired a nice Pentax K1000 that had a 70-210mm zoom on it. I can't find a manufacturer or brand name on the lens anywhere. The only marking I can find that may indicate the brand/manufacturer is on the front - a hieroglyphic that looks like a QTII (see image). The lens has a nice substantial feel and good build quality appearance to it and a "just right" fluid motion to the focus and zoom. It is marked "Lens made in Korea" near the mount end. Does anyone recognize the marking and which brand this lens may be?

Stan

Unknown Lens
Unknown Lens...

(Download)

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

I think its a Pentax lens.

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

Quantaray maybe?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Stan, It look like a Focal QT II MC 70-210mm f/4.0-5.6 Zoom Telephoto Lens for Pentax Ricoh PKA KR
--Bob

StanMac wrote:

I recently acquired a nice Pentax K1000 that had a... (show quote)

Bill_de Loc: US

rmalarz wrote:

Stan, It look like a Focal QT II MC 70-210mm f/4.0-5.6 Zoom Telephoto Lens for Pentax Ricoh PKA KR
--Bob

--

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

The QT suggests Quantray. Check their web page to ask a question using that lens number and specs. Woul might hit pay dirt with luck. But it works good, well why bother.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

rmalarz wrote:

Stan, It look like a Focal QT II MC 70-210mm f/4.0-5.6 Zoom Telephoto Lens for Pentax Ricoh PKA KR
--Bob

Store brand lens from Kmart.

blackest Loc: Ireland

rmalarz wrote:

Stan, It look like a Focal QT II MC 70-210mm f/4.0-5.6 Zoom Telephoto Lens for Pentax Ricoh PKA KR
--Bob

Like this

http://oi26.tinypic.com/k9dyf9.jpg

QT could be a Quantaray... which is a Ritz/Wolf rebrand of a what is usually a Tamron or Sigma lens. less than 200 difference in the serial numbers :)

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

StanMac wrote:

I recently acquired a nice Pentax K1000 that had a... (show quote)

OMG, by that serial #, this is one of those misprint Leica lenses. Like the upside down postage stamp, Leica missed putting it's name on a very few lenses making them VERY rare.
That lens is worth MILLIONS!!!
Stan, your ship is at the dock!!!

SS

Joe Blow

blackest wrote:

Like this

http://oi26.tinypic.com/k9dyf9.jpg

QT could be a Quantaray... which is a Ritz/Wolf rebrand of a what is usually a Tamron or Sigma lens. less than 200 difference in the serial numbers :)

Is that a camera selfie?

blackest Loc: Ireland

Joe Blow wrote:

Is that a camera selfie?

exif says
KODAK KODAK EASYSHARE M1033 DIGITAL CAMERA | 6.3mm F3.1 1/3 ISO400 | 2010:07:03 10:38:16 | Paint Shop Pro Photo 12.50

so no :) The k1000 is clearly the better camera.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

SharpShooter wrote:

OMG, by that serial #, this is one of those misprint Leica lenses. Like the upside down postage stamp, Leica missed putting it's name on a very few lenses making them VERY rare.
That lens is worth MILLIONS!!!
Stan, your ship is at the dock!!!

SS

Wooo Hooo! Want to buy it SharpShooter? I’ll make you a real deal!

Stan

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I’ll go with Robert on this. If this is a KMart item, MT, it sure looks and feels like a decent lens. Haven’t run any film through the camera with this lens yet though. Thanks to you all for your information and help.

Stan

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

MT Shooter wrote:

Store brand lens from Kmart.

I knew that Sears distributed some Pentax (and Ricoh) gear under their various "house names", I didn't realized that K Mart sold any K-Mount lenses (Although With "K" right in the name, they really should have sold nothing else. Except maybe some Kodaks.) But then many K Mart 35mms were rebranded Petris. IIRC I think that later Petri 35mm SLRs used the K-Mount, So it makes sense. And since Sears owns K-Mart, (or is it the other way around?) - The circle of life is complete.

blackest Loc: Ireland

James Slick wrote:

I knew that Sears distributed some Pentax (and Ricoh) gear under their various "house names", I didn't realized that K Mart sold any K-Mount lenses (Although With "K" right in the name, they really should have sold nothing else. Except maybe some Kodaks.) But then many K Mart 35mms were rebranded Petris. IIRC I think that later Petri 35mm SLRs used the K-Mount, So it makes sense. And since Sears owns K-Mart, (or is it the other way around?) - The circle of life is complete.

To be fair the branding is less of an issue than the third party manufacturer, which if Tamron or Sigma might be reasonable. Sometimes Tamron lenses have been sold under the Pentax branding and there is often a version with nikon or canon mounts.