I'd been keeping an eye on that auction for a few days myself. I was half wondering how difficult it might be to convert it back to Pentax mount. ;-) (That's the 15mm f/2.5 wink, not the LX wink!)
Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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... :-( > >;-) -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - 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 .
