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From: jordan@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Lens modification?
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 17:13:51 EST
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In article <416@vaxwaller.UUCP> chip@vaxwaller.UUCP (Chip Kozy) asks:

	I've got an older 135mm short telephoto lens, and I want to use
	it on my Nikon.  Problem:  the thing is a screw mount, so won't
	fit the Nikon body.  The lens is relatively good (f 2.8), and I
	like the results I got with the old camera it came off of (the
	old one went belly up), and I'd like to use this thing.

It's probably a better idea to buy a new lens. An older lens is almost
definitely not as good as a newer one. There are plenty of fine 135mm
f/2.8 lenses out there for a decent price. Unless the lens has
interchangable mounts, it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg to get a
Nikon mount on it (if it's even possible -- you didn't say what kind of
lens it was).  There are few places that will even do it. Marty
Forscher would do it, but I don't think an old 135 would be worth
paying for his bench time ...

/jordan
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