I wonder if the USAIR pilot who recently made such a spectacular landing in the Hudson river with no engines will get blamed for hitting the birds that took out both power plants on his Air Bus?

These guys are amazing and it breaks my heart to see them take the fall for shoddy, profit-only oriented companies.

Kris,

Just curious, I have two M42 135mm primes - both Super Takumar's.

One I use for Macro work, the 1:3.5, the other for portarait work, the 1:2.5.

They are both wonderful, but I LOVE the 2.5. They are constructed very differently. This is most obvious when you watch the rear elements while turning the focus rings. The 2.5 reminds me of the 1:1.4 50mm - another beloved lens.

Do you have both versions as well?

Good luck with the cleaning.

Courage!

Sorry, my geek is showing, I'll get my coat.....[/quote]Not at all, Mongoose!

I have the famous yellow monster 1.4, and you're perfectly correct, the 1.2 only came out in K Mount.

I should have known that!

Hang on, I'll come with you....

Hey Don and Son!

Glad you're back safe and sound! Notice I didn't say safe and sane?

Did you stay up all Friday night watching over the lad? Where'd the dog sleep?

Too bad the fishing was a bust after all the work you must have done making the hole.

Oh, and what was that cooking in the fire? Reminds me of my Boy Scout winter campouts.

I'm eleven years older than Galoot's malt, and they still say I'm only worth $.98 CDN.

I like your idea of downing the booze then selling blood to recoup the cost, though!

Only you would think of that.

Peter,

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but the "This page" link in your post isn't displaying.

Welcome Greytop!

Several Olympi in my family - great quality and history of innovation.

Glad you've come to the other brand with great quality and innovation.

You'll love it here!

Just to wrap this up.

I've got the 4GB SDHC card back and it work's a treat since the firmware upgrade.
I estimate my camera can take about 1280 JPEGS now. (Counter only goes to 999). Better start shooting RAW!

If anyone else is sitting at old releases.... Hey, if Mac can do it........

Thanks to all of you!

Yves,

I would have had a heart attack!

Glad it all came out well.

No pictures I guess? Eh?

Shut up Mac!

The beloved Spotmatic!

I pick mine up every once in a while, and they were right! Still are!

And check out that 1:1.4 Super Takumar! That's GLASS! (And class). Or is it a 1:1.2!?!

The M42 to K Mount can be cheap for Macro (who cares about no infinity focus in Macro?) but should be the good one for normal use of your Zenit.
Everything else (reversing rings, tubes etc) doesn't matter as long as they're solid and safe connections.

Have fun.