Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/1/07 8:02 PM, "Eduardo Albesi" <eduardoalbesi@ciudad.com.ar> typed: > The lens is a chrome version of the Pentax 40/2.8 limited Pancake > lens, hood included (a revival of the historical 40/2.8M manual focus > Pancake lens). Other pancake lenses (Contax's Tessar 45/2.8, Nikkor > 45/2.8GN, etc) offered similarly ugly hoods at the time > > Ed Albesi > www.LeicaMarket.com Pentax also makes a short tele pancake in a limited edition which has to be a first. Amazing! I saw them on the B&H site they are both very expensive. And I was guessing they were just ripping off the Mr Kobajashi Cosica made designer pancake he had make for nikon. Which I shoot with all the time. In silver I kind of wish mine was black anybody want to trade? And is a throwback to my first lens on my first SLR which as the 45mm GN Nikor which went from 2.8 to f 32 and was a blitz lens. Which means in German it was mechanically linked the f stops to the focusing for manual flash purposes. Which I used all the time. F 3 foot at f32 and be there at half power with my Manual Metz. Lots of events and weddings. So its not a blueberry pancake its a cheese blintz. Give or take the n. Using my excellent (its a Tessar copy probably Cosina make for nikon with nikon name on it 45 2.8 pancake on my excelling D200 digital nikon it becomes a tele pancake though. 1.5 x 45 = 67.5 mm A bit of a grabber. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com