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Surely on of the delights of being a pentaxian is to possibility of using lens from days gone by. Lenses that have layed idle in some attic or closet for decades and then are revived on a digital camera.
I recieved such a lens today. A coworker of mine, knowing that I was looking for old pentax lenses left a bag on the chair in my lab this morning. In the bag was a K1000 (I have one already), a Sigma Mini-Wide 28mm f2.8, a Vivitar MC 70-210
f4.5-5.6 Macro Focusing Zoom, and a Spiratone Pluracoat 35-105mm f3.8-16 Zoom Macro.
The Vivitar and the Sigma came as no great suprise. But I never hear of Spiratone! Anyone have an info on this lens or brand?
Interstingly while the Sigma lens mounts fine on the K1000, it cannot mount on my K200d. The lever that releases the aperature blades is too long and so the lens will not mount flush with the camera body.
Anyway, I'm off to have some fun with neglected lenses!