I've been watching an interesting eBay auction that recently ended (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1333228569). Up for grabs was an SMC Pentax 15/3.5 lens in a Nikon mount. The auction title was "15mm f3.5 lens By Pentax for Nikon", and the lens was described as "an inexpensive way to get very wide on your Nikon".
There were "a few small marks on the front element which may or may not affect the image quality", and the lens sold at $310 USD. For a Nikon user, I guess that's a pretty attractive price for a 15/3.5, considering that in another recent auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1333128992)for a Nikon 15/3.5 ended at $713, and without the reserve being met - that lens has now been relisted (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1334255176). Anyhow, back to the bastardized Pentax 15/3.5, I'm assuming that some camera shop someplace must have perpetrated some sort of an evil mount conversion, right? Well, I just let all my lenses know about this poor 15/3.5, so that they know from now on they'll have to all be extra good (defined as "sharp and contrasty"), OR they too could end up being damned to some forlorn Nikon existence. As I left the room I overheard a couple of primes discussing this, and one of them (a wide-angle, but you know how sort-sighted they tend to be) suggested "oh - that poor SMC must have really blew an entire roll of film, or something". Hmmm... Being born a Pentax but ending up as a Nikon - it must be sort of like being assimilated into the Borg, I would think... :-( ;-) Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
