Keppler on Program Plus and Cosmicar

Nesster · 09-24-2009, 04:28 AM

Keppler mentions Pentax made the Cosmicars - and in '84 he has seen a 28/2.8, 35-70 f/4 macro zoom, and a 70-200 f/4 macro zoom. The 28 was Taiwanese and the zooms Japanese made. Brand name: CPC Phase 2. CPC stands for Combined Products Corp, an importer of third party lenses.

*Blue* · 09-25-2009, 02:26 PM

Nesster,

Is that out of PopPhoto or the last throws of Modern?

*ChrisPlatt* · 09-25-2009, 07:19 PM

I'll give ol' Herb a pass here; LCD displays were new then and we didn't know their foibles...

Chris

*tomwil* · 09-25-2009, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Blue

Is that out of PopPhoto or the last throws of Modern?

Modern Photography from August 1984

(From http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/743726-post2.html)

Nesster · 09-27-2009, 07:36 AM

August!?

No, the Keppler was in the March 1984 issue of Modern Photography - look for it on your news stand

on the cover - a Kodak 8mm video camera that gives you 90 minute movies on your TV set... Pro Kodachrome produces even Better Slides... A new Pentax (that would be this Keppler article- guess the dude had some pull back then)... and on Modern Tests, Nikon FA: Sensation or Big PR Hype?

*tomwil* · 09-29-2009, 07:57 PM

So I wonder what August 1984 Modern Photography article Bojidar Dimitrov was refering to?

Anyone have that mag?

Nesster · 09-30-2009, 03:57 AM

Perhaps that's the issue they reviewed the Pgm Plus and lenses...