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Post by hansz on Aug 12, 2012 8:46:54 GMT -5
For display only: use a Meyer Domiplan, and keep it there! For shooting, any Pancolar Tessar, Sonnar or Flektogon will do... Especially the Flektogons are top (IMHO) Hans
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 12, 2012 11:26:18 GMT -5
Hans
thanks for the advice. I made an offer on a Domiplan.
Bob
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 12, 2012 15:27:02 GMT -5
I was successful--the Domiplan is on its way!
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Post by hansz on Aug 12, 2012 17:26:37 GMT -5
At the time, the standard lens for the bulk of us... Hans
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 15, 2012 19:59:49 GMT -5
OK my friends---HELP--
I received the Domiplan 50mm F2.8 lens and I cleaned it up and it is perfect! Then I grab the Exakta VX 500 and lo and behold...no fit. The Domiplan appears to be an M42 mount and the Exakta VX500 is some type of bayonet mount. How did I go wrong? This the second lens I bought for that camera and neither will mount...the first was a Topcor 35mm F3.5 in a UV mount---that I can use on my Topcon Uni....in any event. Never had any trouble with all my Japanese made SLR's and lenses....but these German and Russian SLR's give me fits---lol. HELP!
Bob
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Post by hansz on Aug 16, 2012 4:38:56 GMT -5
Exakta made bayonet systems only (until very late in the game they adopted the M42 thread mount - RTL 1000 and 500 types). As you will see they are 'left-handed' cameras. From Topcon only the R and RE lenses can be mount, although not perfectly because they shared the same bayonet, but increased its functionality (coupled diaphragm) primarily to use it for the sutter release on the right side of the camera. The R lenses sport a like outside diaphragm colsing system as the (pre-stop) Exakta lenses. Try this website for more information: captjack.exaktaphile.com/Hans
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 16, 2012 4:45:24 GMT -5
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Post by hansz on Aug 16, 2012 6:31:24 GMT -5
Well, maybe you can't if you're not familiar with these lenses. Domiplan 2,8/50 was also the dominant lens for the Praktica M42 line, and from the picture it sure is meant for a Praktica; so the answer to your question is yes... Most sellers state the Exakta bayonet mount, because of the lesser value. My Exakta gear is stowed away and is quite inaccessible, otherwise I could send you one; here in NL you can get Exakta bayonet-mount lenses for next to nothing. I can look around if you want to...
My main knowledge is about Zeiss (Ikon) gear, but most German brands are quite familiar to me...
Hans
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 16, 2012 14:12:05 GMT -5
Hans--I thank you for kind offer. Let me try over here first again.....maybe the third time is the charm? LOL.
If I cannot get it right after a third try, I may take you up on your kind offer.
thanks Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 16, 2012 15:24:29 GMT -5
Bob, You could not have know from the picture. I guess the vendor should have stated what camera it was for if, indeed, he knew. It looks like inadvertent errors were made by both parties. I know that adapters were made to use Exakta lenses on M42 mounts but I am sure that M42's could not fit into an Exakta lens opening. Perhaps both of you could come to an agreement of some kind to switch lenses. Mickey
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 16, 2012 19:46:28 GMT -5
I agree with you Mickey...the seller should have been more specific. I looked at his other stuff for sale and see nothing of what I need. So, I will keep that lens---it is pristine. And just look for a correct one for the Exakta...any members wishing to sell me one...please let me know.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 16, 2012 22:44:29 GMT -5
So, I will keep that lens---it is pristine. And just look for a correct one for the Exakta...any members wishing to sell me one...please let me know. Bob Bob, Welcome to the pit into which you have just fallen along with so many of us collectors. Now you will not rest until you find a Pentax to stick behind the lens. Mickey
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Post by hansz on Aug 17, 2012 4:19:45 GMT -5
Mickey, now that's an old collectors paradigm:-)
But, what Pentax did you have in mind, there is some room for choice here... I like the S1a - solid and always working (no light meter to repair).
Hans
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 17, 2012 12:45:00 GMT -5
Mickey
That is not too much of a problem for me. Out of 109 SLR's I have, 28 are M42 mount...so I don't really need to get another....but that does not mean I won't ;-)
Bob
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 17, 2012 22:43:50 GMT -5
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