12..12.. like millions of others just testing
my microphone!

Does the £15 limit for low value exclude postage costs,
which I've often seen to be quite high on ebay from the US?

This FILTER for instance £9.31 + £7.20 postage.
Would that be free of all import charges?

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She must have been hungry.... she was eating her bottom lip

It's a fair price for the Pentax one, but a cheap £15 one
will probably work just as good. I've got a cheap one and
they do work well. The image is very clear.

Anything bigger than a 100mm lens would probably need
supporting to view properly.

I see what you mean! ...... You didn't get any of the
shots of her taking her clothes off!

Just done a few quick tests with the trap focus turning the
lens from infinity to close with my finger on the shutter
release. The camera fired when the Green Hex/Beep came on.
Seems to work spot on even though I forgot to turn the SR
on.

Couple of results wide open.... hand held ...




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Both were tested in the Which Lens? Winter 1988 (Annual) publication
of about 200 zoom lenses.

The Pentax did very well scoring 79.4 The Soligor only scored
56.9 and was very poor at the edge and not too hot in the centre.

The Pentax resolved on film about 103 lpmm at both ends and
was similar right across the frame. This was equal to most long
zooms. It wasn't very expensive at £600 the Soligor cost £440.

The Pentax summary was "Gives good resolution and high image
contrast".

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They are all Sonnars. Due to court verdicts in the 50's
the East German CZ couldn't use names like Sonnar in
certain countries.

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Some older tripods even high end stuff from Husky, Susis and
possibly Cullmann had fixed heads which were crimped and
riveted on.

I've still got one of these Husky's (scroll down page for large pictures) reaches
9 foot high and can be set on the stairs etc. I don't use it because of the
head but the quality is as good if not better than anything you buy today
and it's light as well. Favourite with fashion photographers in the 60's - 70's

The heads not that bad, it's just that I prefer
a Gitzo 3 way or Novoflex MagicBall.

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