How many lenses do you own?

StephenHampshire · 05-14-2012, 12:54 PM

Ive got two lenses for my TLR - does that count as four? Apart from my 17 Pentax ones I reckon I have 10 FD mount, 3 Mamiya 645 mount and the aforementioned TLR lenses for my Mamiya C220

Col · 05-14-2012, 01:04 PM

Wow, 24. How did that happen? I only had ten until 2012... ah I bought an M42 adapter.

eddie1960 · 05-14-2012, 08:58 PM

So i answered 27earlier, but tonight i looked and there are a few i forgot about, so reality is 32. that's gotta be a danger sign

ripit · 05-14-2012, 09:30 PM

I have no idea exactly how many (they are all over the house and too much trouble to count) but I voted 51-75. If I counted teleconverters and non pentax lenses that are in the process of being converted to pentax or waiting to be converted I might go a little over that 75. If I count front mount teleconverters and wide angles and such I'm easily in the 101-150 category.

My lba has kind of died off till I use some of what I have a little more but I recently bought one (just won, should be shipped soon) that should be impossible to convert to pentax but I'm going to try anyway (it was only about 7$ shipped and I was hungering for a lens to buy on ebay). I'm down to a couple of lenses a month (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).

RioRico · 05-14-2012, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by eddie1960

So i answered 27earlier, but tonight i looked and there are a few i forgot about, so reality is 32. that's gotta be a danger sign

It's time to build a spreadsheet. For each lens: Make, model, type (prime, zoom, TC, enlarger, etc), mount (M42, K0, T2, KM, KA, KAR, etc), focal length (FL range if zoom), max aperture, min aperture, aperture type (manual, M/A, preset, auto, etc), focus (manual, auto, none), near-focus distance, iris blades, front thread, weght, serial number, notes, origin, total cost (including shipping). I should have included purchase date, but what the hell, it's too late now. For those disposed of, I add fields for sales price and profit/loss.

NOTE: K0 (zero) is what I call K mounts with no aperture linkage, like lens-in-a-caps and some mirrors. T-mount is a subset of K0.

rvannatta · 05-14-2012, 10:05 PM

I admitted to 15 on the poll, but I might have missed a few. I cleaned up my act last winter when I sold off 10 or so. So I claim to be a recovering LBA person.

abacus07 · 05-14-2012, 10:50 PM

I'm in the 20's but I'm planning on reducing that by about half now that I've picked out my favorites and several never get used. Ideally I'll end up with an DA/FA set, a large set of K/M/A lenses and later a nice set of zooms (like the Tamrons).

beholder3 · 05-14-2012, 11:16 PM

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**lmd91343** · 05-14-2012, 11:24 PM

Forty nine not including fixed lens cameras like my Medalist II, Zeiss Super IIkonta 645, Muskova 5, Retina II, and enlarger lenses.

hoanpham · 05-14-2012, 11:56 PM

Originally posted by beholder3

I'd say, anyone with less than 1.000 Pentax comaptible (I count M42 as original Pentax format) lenses hasn't even developed the mild form of LBA.

(not that I have, I just find the list impressive). You can't call it a serious LBA IMHO if there's more than 5.000 lenses to go.

It should be more than 6000+ lenses on the list, but they are not 'native':
I also use PentaconSix lenses with adapter, Olympus OM lenses (change mount), and nikkor non-ai, ai, ai-s (change mount with 1mm washer, some just fit).

slackercruster · 05-15-2012, 05:15 AM

Originally posted by RioRico

It's time to build a spreadsheet. For each lens: Make, model, type (prime, zoom, TC, enlarger, etc), mount (M42, K0, T2, KM, KA, KAR, etc), focal length (FL range if zoom), max aperture, min aperture, aperture type (manual, M/A, preset, auto, etc), focus (manual, auto, none), near-focus distance, iris blades, front thread, weght, serial number, notes, origin, total cost (including shipping). I should have included purchase date, but what the hell, it's too late now. For those disposed of, I add fields for sales price and profit/loss.

NOTE: K0 (zero) is what I call K mounts with no aperture linkage, like lens-in-a-caps and some mirrors. T-mount is a subset of K0.

I trashed a 50mm Schneider enlarging lens. I had sold my El Nikkor's off decades ago. But had a leftover 50mm. Looked on ebay and they sold for next to nothing. Wasn't worth my bother to list it. Never knew they were useful for shooting pix with or I might have kept it to test out.

RioRico · 05-15-2012, 05:17 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by beholder3

Hm. I wonder if you all know this french page here: compatibilite-en

As it happens, I *do* know that page. Some other lens resources:

Pentax K-Mount Lenses and Lens Accessories
Pentax K-Mount Lenses and Lens Accessories

Welcome to Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page
Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page

Pentax Equipment Photo Gallery by Kees de Haan at pbase.com
Pentax Equipment Photo Gallery by Kees de Haan

Lenses
Home | Art Limited
M42 Lens Resources

Die Cast Pro - Pentax Lenses
Die Cast Pro - Pentax Lenses

tentative M42 lens dates
Archive - tentative M42 lens dates

Stan's Pentax Photography
Stan's Pentax Photography

Early Asahi Pentax Cameras and Takumar lenses: Main Page
Early Asahi Pentax Cameras and Takumar lenses

English
Asahi Optical Historical Club

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/96946-one-stop...-listings.html
One Stop Mega Pentax Info Listings

Third Party Lenses with Cult Followings - Photography :: Góc k? thu?t :: Ch?m sóc bé
Third Party Lenses with Cult Followings

Antique and Classic Soft Focus Lenses
Illustrated Guide to Antique and Classic Soft Focus Lenses

Third Party Lenses Resource Megasite Home Page
Massive 3rd Party Lens Database at the Wayback Machine

Listing of 1,600+ Third Party Lenses by Mfgr from 1960's to mid 1980's
http://web.archive.org/web/20021101165753/medfmt.8k.com/third/table1.txt

Listing of 1,600+ Third Party Lenses by Focal Length and Speed (1960's-80's)
http://web.archive.org/web/20021101165015/medfmt.8k.com/third/table3.txt

Interchangeable Lens Mounts - Third Party Lens Advantage?
Interchangeable Lens Mounts - Third Party Lens Advantage?

Captain Jack's Exakta Lens Page
Captain Jack's Exakta Lens Page

http://n3.cc/ebooks/LensCollectorsVadeMecum.pdf
The Lens Collectors Vade Mecum

I threw in Captain Jack's Exakta Lens Page because Exakta-mount lenses (except those with stop-down buttons) are extremely simple to adapt to PK mount. And the last, The Lens Collectors Vade Mecum, well that's just mandatory.

Jean Poitiers · 05-15-2012, 05:38 AM

Originally posted by beholder3

Hm. I wonder if you all know this french page here: compatibilite-en

Bonjour,

Yep, thanks. I have read it both ways ... in English and in French !

Salut, John the Frenchie Frog

panoguy · 05-15-2012, 06:01 AM

Originally posted by rvannatta

I admitted to 15 on the poll, but I might have missed a few. I cleaned up my act last winter when I sold off 10 or so. So I claim to be a recovering LBA person.

Ah, but some of your 15 remaining lenses are really, really big. Good thing they aren't measured by weight...

rvannatta · 05-15-2012, 08:25 AM

Originally posted by panoguy

Ah, but some of your 15 remaining lenses are really, really big. Good thing they aren't measured by weight...

well I'll have to concede that some are above average in weight. When your first thought is grabbing the forklift when you are thinking of going
out on a shoot........

, Just maybe it's heavy...

actually got one that I've considered using a couple times:

View Poll Results: How many lenses do you own?
1	1	0.33%
2 - 3	11	3.63%
4 - 5	32	10.56%
6 - 8	62	20.46%
9 - 11	53	17.49%
12 - 15	44	14.52%
16 - 20	28	9.24%
21 - 25	21	6.93%
26 - 30	15	4.95%
31 - 40	13	4.29%
41 - 50	4	1.32%
51 - 75	8	2.64%
76 - 100	4	1.32%
101 - 150	4	1.32%
151+	3	0.99%
Voters: 303. You may not vote on this poll

05-14-2012, 11:16 PM	#53
beholder3 Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,112	[deleted] Last edited by beholder3; 08-11-2013 at 07:33 AM. Reason: [deleted]

05-15-2012, 05:38 AM	#58
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Oui, oui, oui ... Originally posted by beholder3 Hm. I wonder if you all know this french page here: compatibilite-en *Bonjour,* Yep, thanks. I have read it both ways ... in English and in French ! *Salut, John the Frenchie Frog*

05-15-2012, 08:25 AM	#60
rvannatta Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Apiary, Oregon Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,181	Originally posted by panoguy Ah, but some of your 15 remaining lenses are really, really big. Good thing they aren't measured by weight... well I'll have to concede that some are above average in weight. When your first thought is grabbing the forklift when you are thinking of going out on a shoot........, Just maybe it's heavy... actually got one that I've considered using a couple times:

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05-14-2012, 12:54 PM	#46
StephenHampshire Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winchester Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,523	Ive got two lenses for my TLR - does that count as four? Apart from my 17 Pentax ones I reckon I have 10 FD mount, 3 Mamiya 645 mount and the aforementioned TLR lenses for my Mamiya C220

05-14-2012, 01:04 PM	#47
Col Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Stansted Essex Photos: Gallery Posts: 614	Wow, 24. How did that happen? I only had ten until 2012... ah I bought an M42 adapter.

05-14-2012, 08:58 PM	#48
eddie1960 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,666	So i answered 27earlier, but tonight i looked and there are a few i forgot about, so reality is 32. that's gotta be a danger sign

05-14-2012, 09:30 PM	#49
ripit Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NewYork Posts: 899	I have no idea exactly how many (they are all over the house and too much trouble to count) but I voted 51-75. If I counted teleconverters and non pentax lenses that are in the process of being converted to pentax or waiting to be converted I might go a little over that 75. If I count front mount teleconverters and wide angles and such I'm easily in the 101-150 category. My lba has kind of died off till I use some of what I have a little more but I recently bought one (just won, should be shipped soon) that should be impossible to convert to pentax but I'm going to try anyway (it was only about 7$ shipped and I was hungering for a lens to buy on ebay). I'm down to a couple of lenses a month (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).

05-14-2012, 09:35 PM	#50
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by eddie1960 So i answered 27earlier, but tonight i looked and there are a few i forgot about, so reality is 32. that's gotta be a danger sign It's time to build a spreadsheet. For each lens: Make, model, type (prime, zoom, TC, enlarger, etc), mount (M42, K0, T2, KM, KA, KAR, etc), focal length (FL range if zoom), max aperture, min aperture, aperture type (manual, M/A, preset, auto, etc), focus (manual, auto, none), near-focus distance, iris blades, front thread, weght, serial number, notes, origin, total cost (including shipping). I should have included purchase date, but what the hell, it's too late now. For those disposed of, I add fields for sales price and profit/loss. NOTE: K0 (zero) is what I call K mounts with no aperture linkage, like lens-in-a-caps and some mirrors. T-mount is a subset of K0.

05-14-2012, 10:05 PM	#51
rvannatta Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Apiary, Oregon Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,181	I admitted to 15 on the poll, but I might have missed a few. I cleaned up my act last winter when I sold off 10 or so. So I claim to be a recovering LBA person.

05-14-2012, 10:50 PM	#52
abacus07 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Taiwan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,075	I'm in the 20's but I'm planning on reducing that by about half now that I've picked out my favorites and several never get used. Ideally I'll end up with an DA/FA set, a large set of K/M/A lenses and later a nice set of zooms (like the Tamrons).

05-14-2012, 11:24 PM	#54
lmd91343 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,027	Forty nine not including fixed lens cameras like my Medalist II, Zeiss Super IIkonta 645, Muskova 5, Retina II, and enlarger lenses.

05-14-2012, 11:56 PM	#55
hoanpham Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Strand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,366	Originally posted by beholder3 I'd say, anyone with less than 1.000 Pentax comaptible (I count M42 as original Pentax format) lenses hasn't even developed the mild form of LBA. (not that I have, I just find the list impressive). You can't call it a serious LBA IMHO if there's more than 5.000 lenses to go. It should be more than 6000+ lenses on the list, but they are not 'native': I also use PentaconSix lenses with adapter, Olympus OM lenses (change mount), and nikkor non-ai, ai, ai-s (change mount with 1mm washer, some just fit).

05-15-2012, 05:15 AM	#56
slackercruster Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NE, USA Posts: 1,302 Original Poster	Originally posted by RioRico It's time to build a spreadsheet. For each lens: Make, model, type (prime, zoom, TC, enlarger, etc), mount (M42, K0, T2, KM, KA, KAR, etc), focal length (FL range if zoom), max aperture, min aperture, aperture type (manual, M/A, preset, auto, etc), focus (manual, auto, none), near-focus distance, iris blades, front thread, weght, serial number, notes, origin, total cost (including shipping). I should have included purchase date, but what the hell, it's too late now. For those disposed of, I add fields for sales price and profit/loss. NOTE: K0 (zero) is what I call K mounts with no aperture linkage, like lens-in-a-caps and some mirrors. T-mount is a subset of K0. I trashed a 50mm Schneider enlarging lens. I had sold my El Nikkor's off decades ago. But had a leftover 50mm. Looked on ebay and they sold for next to nothing. Wasn't worth my bother to list it. Never knew they were useful for shooting pix with or I might have kept it to test out.

05-15-2012, 05:17 AM - 2 Likes	#57
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by beholder3 Hm. I wonder if you all know this french page here: compatibilite-en As it happens, I do know that page. Some other lens resources: Pentax K-Mount Lenses and Lens Accessories Pentax K-Mount Lenses and Lens Accessories Welcome to Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page Pentax Equipment Photo Gallery by Kees de Haan at pbase.com Pentax Equipment Photo Gallery by Kees de Haan Lenses Home \| Art Limited M42 Lens Resources Die Cast Pro - Pentax Lenses Die Cast Pro - Pentax Lenses tentative M42 lens dates Archive - tentative M42 lens dates Stan's Pentax Photography Stan's Pentax Photography Early Asahi Pentax Cameras and Takumar lenses: Main Page Early Asahi Pentax Cameras and Takumar lenses English Asahi Optical Historical Club https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/96946-one-stop...-listings.html One Stop Mega Pentax Info Listings Third Party Lenses with Cult Followings - Photography :: Góc k? thu?t :: Ch?m sóc bé Third Party Lenses with Cult Followings Antique and Classic Soft Focus Lenses Illustrated Guide to Antique and Classic Soft Focus Lenses Third Party Lenses Resource Megasite Home Page Massive 3rd Party Lens Database at the Wayback Machine Listing of 1,600+ Third Party Lenses by Mfgr from 1960's to mid 1980's http://web.archive.org/web/20021101165753/medfmt.8k.com/third/table1.txt Listing of 1,600+ Third Party Lenses by Focal Length and Speed (1960's-80's) http://web.archive.org/web/20021101165015/medfmt.8k.com/third/table3.txt Interchangeable Lens Mounts - Third Party Lens Advantage? Interchangeable Lens Mounts - Third Party Lens Advantage? Captain Jack's Exakta Lens Page Captain Jack's Exakta Lens Page http://n3.cc/ebooks/LensCollectorsVadeMecum.pdf The Lens Collectors Vade Mecum I threw in Captain Jack's Exakta Lens Page because Exakta-mount lenses (except those with stop-down buttons) are extremely simple to adapt to PK mount. And the last, The Lens Collectors Vade Mecum, well that's just mandatory.

05-15-2012, 06:01 AM	#59
panoguy Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Washington, D.C. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,327	Originally posted by rvannatta I admitted to 15 on the poll, but I might have missed a few. I cleaned up my act last winter when I sold off 10 or so. So I claim to be a recovering LBA person. Ah, but some of your 15 remaining lenses are really, really big. Good thing they aren't measured by weight...