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PENTAX 1000MM f8 lens on Goodwill auction. · 08:31 PM

Just saw this ! Looks very nice ! Unfortunately it's pick-up only in New England so I can't bid.

SMC Pentax 1000mm f1:8 Telephoto Camera Lens Pentax K Mount LOCAL PICKUP ONLY - shopgoodwill.com

**K2 to K50** · 05-15-2022, 01:10 AM

Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I recall that when Pentax was still selling this lens as a current lens, Pentax only sold it together with a monstrously heavy wooden tripod!

Ronald Oakes · 05-22-2022, 02:27 PM

Someone got a steal of a deal....$367 !

**K2 to K50** · 05-22-2022, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by Ronald Oakes

Someone got a steal of a deal....$367 !

Holy cow - that IS a steal, unless there are hazing, fungal, or other issues with it!

Wonder if the buyer is a forum member, and if we will ever hear about how this lens performs?

**luftfluss** · 05-22-2022, 09:08 PM

I was long tempted by this lens but - minimum focus distance is 100 feet.

Ronald Oakes · 05-23-2022, 03:42 AM

I even tried getting a shipping company to pick it up in New England....
Nope...Goodwill was impossible to deal with. Told me I had to pick it up in person with ID.
Oh well...ldiots are idiots. I'm sure had it not been local pickup only it would certainly gone much much higher.

---------- Post added 05-23-22 at 03:43 ----------

Originally posted by luftfluss

I was long tempted by this lens but - minimum focus distance is 100 feet.

Ext tubes reduce that drastically.

**K2 to K50** · 05-23-2022, 09:47 AM

Originally posted by Ronald Oakes

..........

Ext tubes reduce that drastically.

Heh - I remember doing that with a Pentax 400mm F5.6 lens back in the late 1970s with a Pentax K2 film camera. That 400mm had a minimum distance of 28 feet or more, as I remember. But I cannot remember getting much joy out of it - I don't remember why.
Maybe I just didn't know, back then, how to make such a combo work. I suspect it would not be easy with a 1000mm lens either.

**luftfluss** · 05-23-2022, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by Ronald Oakes

Ext tubes reduce that drastically.

Originally posted by K2 to K50

Heh - I remember doing that with a Pentax 400mm F5.6 lens back in the late 1970s with a Pentax K2 film camera. That 400mm had a minimum distance of 28 feet or more, as I remember. But I cannot remember getting much joy out of it - I don't remember why.
Maybe I just didn't know, back then, how to make such a combo work. I suspect it would not be easy with a 1000mm lens either.

I use the Pentax Helicoid Extension tube on my K 500/4.5, and it works well. But the 1000/8 is already pretty slow, and you lose light with extension tubes, and you'll probably want to stop that 1000/8 down to improve sharpness and reduce fringing.

Any way, I hope the purchaser of the 1000/8 is on this forum and posts photos!

ALLCAPS · 05-23-2022, 04:06 PM

Guns that big are usually mounted in turrets.

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05-15-2022, 01:10 AM	#2
K2 to K50 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Ipswich QLD Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,823	Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I recall that when Pentax was still selling this lens as a current lens, Pentax only sold it together with a monstrously heavy wooden tripod!

05-22-2022, 02:27 PM	#3
Ronald Oakes Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,585 Original Poster	Someone got a steal of a deal....$367 !

05-22-2022, 06:01 PM	#4
K2 to K50 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Ipswich QLD Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,823	Originally posted by Ronald Oakes Someone got a steal of a deal....$367 ! Holy cow - that IS a steal, unless there are hazing, fungal, or other issues with it! Wonder if the buyer is a forum member, and if we will ever hear about how this lens performs?

05-22-2022, 09:08 PM	#5
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,629	I was long tempted by this lens but - minimum focus distance is 100 feet.

05-23-2022, 03:42 AM	#6
Ronald Oakes Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,585 Original Poster	I even tried getting a shipping company to pick it up in New England.... Nope...Goodwill was impossible to deal with. Told me I had to pick it up in person with ID. Oh well...ldiots are idiots. I'm sure had it not been local pickup only it would certainly gone much much higher. ---------- Post added 05-23-22 at 03:43 ---------- Originally posted by luftfluss I was long tempted by this lens but - minimum focus distance is 100 feet. Ext tubes reduce that drastically.

05-23-2022, 09:47 AM	#7
K2 to K50 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Ipswich QLD Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,823	Originally posted by Ronald Oakes .......... Ext tubes reduce that drastically. Heh - I remember doing that with a Pentax 400mm F5.6 lens back in the late 1970s with a Pentax K2 film camera. That 400mm had a minimum distance of 28 feet or more, as I remember. But I cannot remember getting much joy out of it - I don't remember why. Maybe I just didn't know, back then, how to make such a combo work. I suspect it would not be easy with a 1000mm lens either.

05-23-2022, 02:29 PM	#8
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,629	Originally posted by Ronald Oakes Ext tubes reduce that drastically. Originally posted by K2 to K50 Heh - I remember doing that with a Pentax 400mm F5.6 lens back in the late 1970s with a Pentax K2 film camera. That 400mm had a minimum distance of 28 feet or more, as I remember. But I cannot remember getting much joy out of it - I don't remember why. Maybe I just didn't know, back then, how to make such a combo work. I suspect it would not be easy with a 1000mm lens either. I use the Pentax Helicoid Extension tube on my K 500/4.5, and it works well. But the 1000/8 is already pretty slow, and you lose light with extension tubes, and you'll probably want to stop that 1000/8 down to improve sharpness and reduce fringing. Any way, I hope the purchaser of the 1000/8 is on this forum and posts photos!

05-23-2022, 04:06 PM	#9
ALLCAPS Forum Member Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 52	Guns that big are usually mounted in turrets.

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