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Vigman · 01-11-2022, 08:16 AM

Hi. I’ve been taking photographs for 60 years. I only got into Pentax SLR digital cameras by accident!

I was at a car boot sale (yard sale/garage sale) and someone was selling three quality aluminium cases. When I asked the price they said £50 ($40). I thought this was quite a lot for the cases but the seller then told me they were full of “some sort of lenses”.

In fact they had about 20 quality Pentax lenses by good makers all in excellent condition. All ranges plus manual to auto adapter, slide copier etc. My brother checked out second hand prices and the total was more than £1,000!
I was going to sell these when my brother told me they fitted the new digital Pentax cameras so I ended up buying a DM.

Even tough I’ve now had it years, I’m still not familiar with all its features. I have however taken photographs that have been featured on local new programmes and even national weather programmes.

I probably have a few queries to come!

Thanks for letting me join

Vigman

---------- Post added 01-11-22 at 09:07 AM ----------

Originally posted by Vigman

Hi. I’ve been taking photographs for 60 years. I only got into Pentax SLR digital cameras by accident!

I was at a car boot sale (yard sale/garage sale) and someone was selling three quality aluminium cases. When I asked the price they said £50 ($40). I thought this was quite a lot for the cases but the seller then told me they were full of “some sort of lenses”.

In fact they had about 20 quality Pentax lenses by good makers all in excellent condition. All ranges plus manual to auto adapter, slide copier etc. My brother checked out second hand prices and the total was more than £1,000!
I was going to sell these when my brother told me they fitted the new digital Pentax cameras so I ended up buying a K-m.

Even tough I’ve now had it years, I’m still not familiar with all its features. I have however taken photographs that have been featured on local new programmes and even national weather programmes.

I probably have a few queries to come!

Thanks for letting me join

Vigman

I edited the typo of camera model to K-m.

**LukaszWro** · 01-11-2022, 09:44 AM - **1 Like**

Welcome from Gdańsk, Poland.

Punkrockemo · 01-11-2022, 11:30 AM

Welcome

I am based in Reading, so not to far from you

**Kerrowdown** · 01-11-2022, 03:04 PM

Welcome to the forum from the Highlands of Scotland

C_Jones · 01-11-2022, 03:17 PM

Welcome to Pentax Forums.

**Nakedgun** · 01-11-2022, 10:16 PM

Welcome!

wadge22 · 01-11-2022, 10:39 PM

Welcome to the forums!
That sounds like a heck of a deal you got!

Benz3ne · 01-12-2022, 04:33 AM

Shwmae from S. Wales!
Get a picture up of those lenses, everyone will be keen to see them!

Vigman · 01-13-2022, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by Benz3ne

Shwmae from S. Wales!
Get a picture up of those lenses, everyone will be keen to see them!

Just found the spreadsheet I made of what was in the metal cases!

Obviously the macro lens and manual/ auto adapter were best ( offered £550) for the macro lens years ago

Pentax Z1 instruction manual
Pentax P50 instruction manual
Aico zoom slide duplicator
Pentax MX body
1:19 50mm Auto Chinon
Pentax P50 body
Vivitar 28-105mm 1:28-3.8 macro focusing zoom
SMC Pentax FA 1:28 100mm Macro unit
Pentax -F SMC 17X AF adapter
Sigma zoom AF-1 1:4.5-5.6 f=75-300mm
Panagor light meter
Pentax MZ-5N instruction manual
Pentax Z1 broken battery compartment catch
Pentax 28-105 lens
SCA 312 auto flash
ScA 374 auto flash
Makinon auto 135mm 1:28 lens
Tamron 1:25 90 mm (tatty)
Vivitar auto extension tube 36mm
Vivitar auto extension tube 20mm
Vivitar auto extension tube 12mm
Tokina 135mm
Pentax M 50mm
Sigma APO 75-300mm
Cased Mamiya 645 BODY ONLY + extra back & instruction manual
3 x aluminium camera cases

Not bad for £50 / $40 !

Vigman

Benz3ne · 01-13-2022, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by Vigman

Just found the spreadsheet I made of what was in the metal cases!

Obviously the macro lens and manual/ auto adapter were best ( offered £550) for the macro lens years ago

Pentax Z1 instruction manual
Pentax P50 instruction manual
Aico zoom slide duplicator
Pentax MX body
1:19 50mm Auto Chinon
Pentax P50 body
Vivitar 28-105mm 1:28-3.8 macro focusing zoom
SMC Pentax FA 1:28 100mm Macro unit
Pentax -F SMC 17X AF adapter
Sigma zoom AF-1 1:4.5-5.6 f=75-300mm
Panagor light meter
Pentax MZ-5N instruction manual
Pentax Z1 broken battery compartment catch
Pentax 28-105 lens
SCA 312 auto flash
ScA 374 auto flash
Makinon auto 135mm 1:28 lens
Tamron 1:25 90 mm (tatty)
Vivitar auto extension tube 36mm
Vivitar auto extension tube 20mm
Vivitar auto extension tube 12mm
Tokina 135mm
Pentax M 50mm
Sigma APO 75-300mm
Cased Mamiya 645 BODY ONLY + extra back & instruction manual
3 x aluminium camera cases

Not bad for £50 / $40 !

Vigman

If that MX is working it’s worth about 3x more than the £50 outlay!

**photogem** · 02-01-2022, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by Vigman

Just found the spreadsheet I made of what was in the metal cases!

Obviously the macro lens and manual/ auto adapter were best ( offered £550) for the macro lens years ago

Pentax Z1 instruction manual
Pentax P50 instruction manual
Aico zoom slide duplicator
Pentax MX body
1:19 50mm Auto Chinon
Pentax P50 body
Vivitar 28-105mm 1:28-3.8 macro focusing zoom
SMC Pentax FA 1:28 100mm Macro unit
Pentax -F SMC 17X AF adapter
Sigma zoom AF-1 1:4.5-5.6 f=75-300mm
Panagor light meter
Pentax MZ-5N instruction manual
Pentax Z1 broken battery compartment catch
Pentax 28-105 lens
SCA 312 auto flash
ScA 374 auto flash
Makinon auto 135mm 1:28 lens
Tamron 1:25 90 mm (tatty)
Vivitar auto extension tube 36mm
Vivitar auto extension tube 20mm
Vivitar auto extension tube 12mm
Tokina 135mm
Pentax M 50mm
Sigma APO 75-300mm
Cased Mamiya 645 BODY ONLY + extra back & instruction manual
3 x aluminium camera cases

Not bad for £50 / $40 !

Vigman

There are indeed some nice treasures in those aluminium cases:
If it is the Pentax M50/1,7 (or the M50/1,4) those are very good, the M50/1,7 is seen by some as one of the best 50mm lenses Pentax ever made but of course
green button mode only in M-Mode of your K-x and preset aperture.
As you mentioned, the FA100/2,8 macro was a steal, it is optically as good as the modern D-FA100macro but more robust.
I had the F-version but I wanted quickshift so I sold it for the D-FA100WR-macro.

The Pentax 28-105 exists as 3 different FA versions, one being larger and quite heavy because it has the powerzoom (PZ).
The only DSLR which offered PZ was the early *ist-D
but your Z1 (and the desired Z1P) analog 35mm film-Pentax has it, it was introduced with those as was MFT

The light FA28-105/3.2-4,5 AL/IF could have been a great lens but it was made that light that when it hits the ends it does so with too much power and misaligns (goes out of focus). It was the only Pentax-zoom with ghostless-SMC-coating which otherwise was reserved only to the FA-limited lenses in those days (as far as I remember)

The Tamron 90/2,5 macro is a fantastic Tamron Adaptall lens.
If it has the Adaptall-2 PK/A adapter it has A-contacts which makes it even more special because those rare adapters allow A-mode and because being rare are highly sought after. If with the old adapter without A-contacts M-Mode with green button still makes this lens a steal.

Those two Sigma AF Zooms depends which ones. The APO usually is the better one, I daubt it is the late OS version which is very good.

If the Mamiya 645 is working it could bring enough to buy a decent Pentax K5 to make the best out of all these lenses.
Same for the MX.

The [https://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/Pentax-Rear-Teleconverter-F-1.7x-Au...ter.html]F-1,7 x AF Adapter[/url] is nice as well.
I am not that much a fan of those converterts, I used the DA 1,4 rear-converter sometimes but find "plugging it in" too much work (lids/protection)
and it steals light and some sharpness. But for the DA*300 it seems to work great, not so much with my DA55-300PLM.

You could sell one of the macro primes (check the Tamron for funghus etc, if alright I would keep this one)
and enhance your Pentax equipment quite a bit.

Good luck and enjoy.

01-11-2022, 08:16 AM	#1
Vigman New Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 10	Greetings from Oxford UK Hi. I’ve been taking photographs for 60 years. I only got into Pentax SLR digital cameras by accident! I was at a car boot sale (yard sale/garage sale) and someone was selling three quality aluminium cases. When I asked the price they said £50 ($40). I thought this was quite a lot for the cases but the seller then told me they were full of “some sort of lenses”. In fact they had about 20 quality Pentax lenses by good makers all in excellent condition. All ranges plus manual to auto adapter, slide copier etc. My brother checked out second hand prices and the total was more than £1,000! I was going to sell these when my brother told me they fitted the new digital Pentax cameras so I ended up buying a DM. Even tough I’ve now had it years, I’m still not familiar with all its features. I have however taken photographs that have been featured on local new programmes and even national weather programmes. I probably have a few queries to come! Thanks for letting me join Vigman ---------- Post added 01-11-22 at 09:07 AM ---------- Originally posted by Vigman Hi. I’ve been taking photographs for 60 years. I only got into Pentax SLR digital cameras by accident! I was at a car boot sale (yard sale/garage sale) and someone was selling three quality aluminium cases. When I asked the price they said £50 ($40). I thought this was quite a lot for the cases but the seller then told me they were full of “some sort of lenses”. In fact they had about 20 quality Pentax lenses by good makers all in excellent condition. All ranges plus manual to auto adapter, slide copier etc. My brother checked out second hand prices and the total was more than £1,000! I was going to sell these when my brother told me they fitted the new digital Pentax cameras so I ended up buying a K-m. Even tough I’ve now had it years, I’m still not familiar with all its features. I have however taken photographs that have been featured on local new programmes and even national weather programmes. I probably have a few queries to come! Thanks for letting me join Vigman I edited the typo of camera model to K-m.

02-01-2022, 10:25 PM	#11
photogem Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 3,520	Originally posted by Vigman Just found the spreadsheet I made of what was in the metal cases! Obviously the macro lens and manual/ auto adapter were best ( offered £550) for the macro lens years ago Pentax Z1 instruction manual Pentax P50 instruction manual Aico zoom slide duplicator Pentax MX body 1:19 50mm Auto Chinon Pentax P50 body Vivitar 28-105mm 1:28-3.8 macro focusing zoom SMC Pentax FA 1:28 100mm Macro unit Pentax -F SMC 17X AF adapter Sigma zoom AF-1 1:4.5-5.6 f=75-300mm Panagor light meter Pentax MZ-5N instruction manual Pentax Z1 broken battery compartment catch Pentax 28-105 lens SCA 312 auto flash ScA 374 auto flash Makinon auto 135mm 1:28 lens Tamron 1:25 90 mm (tatty) Vivitar auto extension tube 36mm Vivitar auto extension tube 20mm Vivitar auto extension tube 12mm Tokina 135mm Pentax M 50mm Sigma APO 75-300mm Cased Mamiya 645 BODY ONLY + extra back & instruction manual 3 x aluminium camera cases Not bad for £50 / $40 ! Vigman There are indeed some nice treasures in those aluminium cases: If it is the Pentax M50/1,7 (or the M50/1,4) those are very good, the M50/1,7 is seen by some as one of the best 50mm lenses Pentax ever made but of course green button mode only in M-Mode of your K-x and preset aperture. As you mentioned, the FA100/2,8 macro was a steal, it is optically as good as the modern D-FA100macro but more robust. I had the F-version but I wanted quickshift so I sold it for the D-FA100WR-macro. The Pentax 28-105 exists as 3 different FA versions, one being larger and quite heavy because it has the powerzoom (PZ). The only DSLR which offered PZ was the early ist-D but your Z1 (and the desired Z1P) analog 35mm film-Pentax has it, it was introduced with those as was MFT The light FA28-105/3.2-4,5 AL/IF could have been a great lens but it was made that light that when it hits the ends it does so with too much power and misaligns (goes out of focus). It was the only Pentax-zoom with ghostless-SMC-coating which otherwise was reserved only to the FA-limited lenses in those days (as far as I remember) The Tamron 90/2,5 macro is a fantastic Tamron Adaptall lens. If it has the Adaptall-2 PK/A adapter it has A-contacts which makes it even more special because those rare adapters allow A-mode and because being rare are highly sought after. If with the old adapter without A-contacts M-Mode with green button still makes this lens a steal. Those two Sigma AF Zooms depends which ones. The APO usually is the better one, I daubt it is the late OS version which is very good. If the Mamiya 645 is working it could bring enough to buy a decent Pentax K5 to make the best out of all these lenses. Same for the MX. The [https://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/Pentax-Rear-Teleconverter-F-1.7x-Au...ter.html]F-1,7 x AF Adapter[/url] is nice as well. I am not that much a fan of those converterts, I used the DA 1,4 rear-converter sometimes but find "plugging it in" too much work (lids/protection) and it steals light and some sharpness. But for the DA300 it seems to work great, not so much with my DA55-300PLM. You could sell one of the macro primes (check the Tamron for funghus etc, if alright I would keep this one) and enhance your Pentax equipment quite a bit. Good luck and enjoy. Last edited by photogem; 02-01-2022 at 10:35 PM.

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Vigman New Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 10 Original Poster	Originally posted by Benz3ne Shwmae from S. Wales! Get a picture up of those lenses, everyone will be keen to see them! Just found the spreadsheet I made of what was in the metal cases! Obviously the macro lens and manual/ auto adapter were best ( offered £550) for the macro lens years ago Pentax Z1 instruction manual Pentax P50 instruction manual Aico zoom slide duplicator Pentax MX body 1:19 50mm Auto Chinon Pentax P50 body Vivitar 28-105mm 1:28-3.8 macro focusing zoom SMC Pentax FA 1:28 100mm Macro unit Pentax -F SMC 17X AF adapter Sigma zoom AF-1 1:4.5-5.6 f=75-300mm Panagor light meter Pentax MZ-5N instruction manual Pentax Z1 broken battery compartment catch Pentax 28-105 lens SCA 312 auto flash ScA 374 auto flash Makinon auto 135mm 1:28 lens Tamron 1:25 90 mm (tatty) Vivitar auto extension tube 36mm Vivitar auto extension tube 20mm Vivitar auto extension tube 12mm Tokina 135mm Pentax M 50mm Sigma APO 75-300mm Cased Mamiya 645 BODY ONLY + extra back & instruction manual 3 x aluminium camera cases Not bad for £50 / $40 ! Vigman

01-13-2022, 12:45 PM	#10
Benz3ne Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Cymru Posts: 2,356	Originally posted by Vigman Just found the spreadsheet I made of what was in the metal cases! Obviously the macro lens and manual/ auto adapter were best ( offered £550) for the macro lens years ago Pentax Z1 instruction manual Pentax P50 instruction manual Aico zoom slide duplicator Pentax MX body 1:19 50mm Auto Chinon Pentax P50 body Vivitar 28-105mm 1:28-3.8 macro focusing zoom SMC Pentax FA 1:28 100mm Macro unit Pentax -F SMC 17X AF adapter Sigma zoom AF-1 1:4.5-5.6 f=75-300mm Panagor light meter Pentax MZ-5N instruction manual Pentax Z1 broken battery compartment catch Pentax 28-105 lens SCA 312 auto flash ScA 374 auto flash Makinon auto 135mm 1:28 lens Tamron 1:25 90 mm (tatty) Vivitar auto extension tube 36mm Vivitar auto extension tube 20mm Vivitar auto extension tube 12mm Tokina 135mm Pentax M 50mm Sigma APO 75-300mm Cased Mamiya 645 BODY ONLY + extra back & instruction manual 3 x aluminium camera cases Not bad for £50 / $40 ! Vigman If that MX is working it’s worth about 3x more than the £50 outlay!