A bargain or a paperweight?
Jul 24, 2023 06:51:42 #
Hi there,
Have a look at this link, it's from the Pentax Forum site
f2.8 28mm Starblitz AUTO MACRO MC site:www.pentaxforums.com
Seems a fairly good lens
Have a look at this link, it's from the Pentax Forum site
f2.8 28mm Starblitz AUTO MACRO MC site:www.pentaxforums.com
Seems a fairly good lens
Jul 24, 2023 09:14:23 #
Back in the 70's there were dozens of "private label" lenses all made by a very few Japanese makers. It was like an onion skin,with sub contractors, etc. Asanuma comes to mind.
Jul 24, 2023 10:37:51 #
Rusty Lens wrote:
Wife & I went to a local flea-market this morn... (show quote)
Hard to say until you can shoot with the lens. I would buy the appropriate adapter to do so. See if you can purchase the adapter from a decent retailer that allows a return window. Worst case is that you could resell the lens and adapter if you are not happy with the results you are getting. Even if you are not happy with this 28mm lens you could also retain the adapter and keep an eye on the used market for other vintage PK mount glass for your camera.
Jul 24, 2023 11:10:46 #
radiojohn wrote:
Back in the 70's there were dozens of "private label" lenses all made by a very few Japanese makers. It was like an onion skin,with sub contractors, etc. Asanuma comes to mind.
Asanuma was an actual lens maker, not just a label like Vivitar. The difference is boldly present in the nature of names themselves. Likewise Cosina, Komura, and Kino being real makers.
Just contrast the real name Kino against the label name Kiron. Real maker names feature Japanese syllables. Label names feature phony Greek or Latin syllables (mimicking German makers practice).
Oversimplifying, you can figger a real name ends in a vowel and a label name ends in a consonant, usually N or R. Yes, Nikkor is a label name. The real makers name ends in a vowel.
Jul 24, 2023 12:08:30 #
Rusty Lens wrote:
Wife & I went to a local flea-market this morn... (show quote)
How much would an adapter cost? With only $15 invested in the lens, and lots of variation in the prices of the PK adapter, you could get a working setup for under $30, and that's probably worth a try.
https://www.google.com/search?q=pk+lens+mount+adapter&oq=PK+lens+mount&aqs=edge.1.0i512j0i30j0i390i650l5j69i64.13455j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Jul 24, 2023 12:17:02 #
rwww80a
Loc: Hampton, NH
Auto on this lens doesn't mean auto for mirrorless. You will have to learn manual photo techniques to utilize this lens on a modern body
Jul 24, 2023 13:18:11 #
billnikon wrote:
Suggestion if it turns out you do not like the len... (show quote)
I know it's a joke but that is polluting the wetlands! Better to put it out with the garbage - if it's all that bad. But I did LOL at the concept you proposed.
Jul 24, 2023 13:45:27 #
revhen wrote:
I know it's a joke but that is polluting the wetlands! Better to put it out with the garbage - if it's all that bad. But I did LOL at the concept you proposed.
Or maybe turn it into something artistic, or use the components for something artistic.
Jul 24, 2023 14:33:18 #
User ID wrote:
That $15 is way better spent for pizza :-(
....But then you eat the Pizza and you have nothing...?
Jul 24, 2023 15:45:58 #
Beenthere wrote:
....But then you eat the Pizza and you have nothing...?
For most folks, youd still have the crusts, which are more valuable than the lens. You could enjoy feeding the crusts to the birds or to your dog. You cant do that with the lens.
Not joking. If Defaszios would take that lens as payment for a pie, I really would hand it over. Their pies are reknown so acoarst they have no reason to accept anything other than money. Anywho, their pies cost more than that lens and that is REAL value.
Pizza aside, a better lenswise use if that $15 would have been toward the sales tax on a better lens. Too late now. The taxman does not accept paperweights in lieu of taxes :-(
Jul 24, 2023 15:49:14 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
User ID wrote:
For most folks, youd still have the crusts, which are more valuable than the lens. You could enjoy feeding the crusts to the birds or to your dog. You cant do that with the lens.
In my neck of the woods, it is typical to leave the crusts only if you are at an AYCE buffet. Otherwise you eat everything.
Jul 24, 2023 16:06:26 #
larryepage wrote:
In my neck of the woods, it is typical to leave the crusts only if you are at an AYCE buffet. Otherwise you eat everything.
Most dogs loooooove pizza crusts, so that is not like youre wasting them :-)
In your neck of woods do you also pickle your water melon rinds ? Or perhaps your local pizzas are so good that even the crusts are great. That is not unheard of.
But the main point was that a "dog lens" does NOT mean your dog would really want said lens.
Jul 24, 2023 16:11:47 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
User ID wrote:
Most dogs loooooove pizza crusts, so that is not like youre wasting them :-)
In your neck of woods do you also pickle your water melon rinds ? Or perhaps your local pizzas are so good that even the crusts are great. That is not unheard of.
But the main point was that a "dog lens" does NOT mean your dog would really want said lens.
In your neck of woods do you also pickle your water melon rinds ? Or perhaps your local pizzas are so good that even the crusts are great. That is not unheard of.
But the main point was that a "dog lens" does NOT mean your dog would really want said lens.
Understood.
No, we don't pickle watermelon rinds. I don't really particularly like watermelon, but it would be dangerous for that to become common knowledge.
Jul 24, 2023 16:35:46 #
larryepage wrote:
Understood.
No, we don't pickle watermelon rinds. I don't really particularly like watermelon, but it would be dangerous for that to become common knowledge.
No, we don't pickle watermelon rinds. I don't really particularly like watermelon, but it would be dangerous for that to become common knowledge.
Jul 25, 2023 03:04:47 #
User ID wrote:
Most dogs loooooove pizza crusts, so that is not like youre wasting them :-)
When I give my dog pizza, I have to leave a bit of pizza on the crust. Like me, he likes the pizza, not the crust. Of course, if I didn't have Dexter here, I'd eat the crust along with "the good stuff."
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