You will have to cut that. It's worth doing, easier if it can be
removed from the lens..... otherwise mask with tape and thick
string.

I was going to put one of these on sale last year and had typed the
following and posted the photos (to a server) and then decided not
to go ahead, because it's such a nice sharp lens even though I
rarely use it and also have the 85mm and 120mm. I also didn't
want to break up the trio.

If it's of any interest at £115 inc RMND (By 1pm) Delivery to UK
please let me know. Payment by Bank Transfer, Paypal (Gift) or
cash deposit at any branch of Barclays in the UK.

If (after 3 days) Nass isn't interested I'm willing to let it
go to any other interested pentaxian at the same price.

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Body : Excellent condition, no serious marks, just a slight bit of normal
handling wear/patina on the rubber grip, which is normal for M Series
lenses. There is a very slight mark on the bottom of the
aperture ring 2-3mm long, (see picture) probably from resting camera on a
wall or similar, although it does look like a manufacturing defect.
The Gold JCII PASSED sticker shows very slight signs of wear,
(usually a good sign of how a lens has been handled).
The lens has been very carefully looked after.

Glass: Immaculate... no haze, fungus, cleaning marks, or scratches, there
might be some very fine specks of dust inside lens, but I can't see any so
I must be going blind if there is.

Mechanics: Aperture ring works perfectly. Snappy aperture, no oil on blades,
stops down quickly to the set shooting aperture.The focus is positive, which
is about normal for a telephoto and perfect for the way I use this type
of lens.


Bayonet shows hardly any signs of use.

















Small mark on Aperture ring (lower right) hardly noticeable.




PRICE: £115 including RMND (By 1pm) Delivery to UK or Insured Post to Irish Republic.

Some interesting links on this page..... mostly hardware

Fascinating read about the History of Photopia... who of course
are now the Pentax Service Agents. It's amazing how rapidly a
lot of these photographic companies shot up from nowehere
after the war.

This lens is probably the same as most of the other 200mm f/3.5
lenses sold under different brands such as Vivitar. Probably
made by Komine. Not a bad performer for the price, although
200's as a group aren't that hot anyway.

My version of timelapse consists of using a CCTV Camera and a Winfast capture card using an economical codec, capturing what I want then playing it back at 256 to 1024 x normal speed

Just looked on youtube and it does seem like the shoot stills.

This is one covering a day with the K-5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBhvKsV7Dvw

Edit: Seems PK_Tether can do it easily, although I'm
sure the camera can do it on it's own as well.

http://vimeo.com/18845267

I thought the K-5 had timelapse?

A remote timer on ebay should do the trick if it doesn't?

I've seen timelapse from the K20D on youtube

Being an archaeologist he was also having some drawings done
on the walls of a cave!

Further reinforces my thoughts that this is just a design excercise if it's a small system it should all go into one bag

Go on ladies buy two.... Your worth it! (..... Ducks!.....)

Is that the photographic equivalent of a Concept Car!

Who would buy a camera case that has a padlock on it!

I doubt if even a suitcase with padlocks would sell