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  1. Hello Alfonso Martinez, Welcome to the forum. There is much information on here to learn from & a lot of it is correct. Some things I hope you remember. : There are some very knowledgeable members on here. Do not use this site as an absolute source of information, do your research & check other sources. Always take most comments with a grain of salt. But above have fun and never take things on the internet too seriously. BTW What part of Tx are you from? I have family in the Houston area.
  2. Hey Hunter, I know it has been a couple of years but I just came across this, and hope you check in to see my reply post. I loved this Build thread. Makes me really want to make one of these now. I have a couple of Poloroid model 80s. Do you think this can be done with a Fuji Instax mini camera? They seem to be selling for much less than the Lomo's now /.
  3. rdm

    What is Soligor?

    Update: I have not found a suitable case yet. The closest thing I seen that would work was an old Canon 600mm FD lens hard case. It looks pretty similar to the soligor OEM one. The only good canon case I found for sale is way too much money. I'm not spending hundreds on a case. I am seriously considering making my own case. I can not find a place to buy the parts to make an aluminum clad case like that one I pictured earlier. I am thinking I can make one out of wood, line it with felt and wrap it in leatherette. Or if I find a cardboard tube with the right diameter, I could line it with a a layer of neoprene covered in felt or satin. Then wrap the outside with a leather, but I have not priced out those materials yet, nor found a suitable cardboard tube source (maybe a rug stores trash). Plus I doubt my leather work skills and think I might have the local leather smith do that part. Or I will glue some other material to wrap if leather is cost prohibitive (not sure what that material would be) But if all those options are too expensive ill just just make a quick and dirty one out of Cedar and Lauan and paint it. I also, I still have to buy a lens cap (using a green plastic cup lid currently) and find a hood for it. Wish I had the tool to fix the dent in the filter threads. I need to find a repair place. Every time I need a manual lens worked on I find out that the guy/place I used before is no longer an option, & have to find someone else. Its a dying art... shame.
  4. rdm

    What is Soligor?

    Well, I did provided in my post a like that takes you to a page with all the specs for all the Sologor lenses, including this one. However, their dimensions are in millimeters and don't account for the two strap lugs at the side, or tripod mount. So, I will just tell you that from my eye, using a tape measure, it looks to me about 16" x 4.25" And that site says the diameter is 89mm but at the filter end I measure 88mm, but about a quarter-inch down the lens, the diameter bumps up to 89mm. Probably where the lens hood slips on (If I had one). The filter ring is an 86mm thread and I just noticed that the filter threads are a little missed up on my lens. Oh Joy Also, from my recent searches, I believe that I have found what the OEM case is. Many examples of this lens have the case seen below, with the lens. Looks pretty solid but big. And these two images: Here and Here After all these years it still astounds me how somebody can scrutinize every word I would write in a post on a thread yet never read anything else other people had posted previously, which could explain anything that I would write. Then make a snide comment that does nothing to contribute to the thread but, reminds me why I stopped coming to this site for so many years. Like Mr. Curry said, the lens mount is changeable, like an adaptable, for many camera systems, even to a Nikon. It was also mentioned in an earlier post. Also, Mike Halliwell is correct, in that this is where the thread about this lens started. I remember reading, all those years ago when I joined, about not starting a new thread where one already exists on the subject. I would agree that this should not be the best place for questions about 3rd party lenses, but since this site never addresses the need for such an equipment category, (Yet another reason why I Love this site the amount that I do) any equipment category is appropriate so long as the same lens was ever available in the system mount of the forum category it is posted in, and the post is not specifically about the mounting mechanism. - For those that remember Sologor Lenses, they might remember the popular interchangeable Y/S mount system that had for a while. This is in a not that system..lol Apparently Sologor came up with another system. That later mount system, this lenses mount system, is known as the U/S mount system.
  5. rdm

    What is Soligor?

    Well I recently acquired this 'Big' bad boy, in excellent condition but without a case or any caps or Hood. I started doing a little research and the serial number suggests that it was made by Sun Optical, and my copy was produced in 1983. I need to buy some caps and find or make a hood for it. it does have that proprietary interchangeable mount and I wish there was an adapter from that lens (bypassing their mount) directly to my GH2 without an MD to m43 adapter. My lens was in Minolta MD mount and I already had some extra mount caps for it, and I'm currently using a Coffie cup lid for the front (fits perfectly) until a cap arrives. I Need to get a case for it, does anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to spend too much or ill just build one out of cedarwood, wrap it in pleather and Line it with felt, filled with silica desiccants. Not sure what I will do for a Hood.
  6. <p> Stephen Lewis, posted, May 04, 2016; 08:44 p.m.<br> The 283 has a hot shoe connection as does the XD-11 . . . </p> Hmmm . . That is not the correct way to say what he means. The 283, has a hot "Foot" and the XD-11 has a "hot shoe". Rember, a foot goes into a shoe. Two feet can't connect, and neither can two shoes, at least not directly.
  7. Yes, quirky. That is true. Tho I would never use the word "organised" in the same sentence when talking about the PN forums. Oh well, it's still nice to dream I guess.
  8. If you do not need a program mode ( "P" ) the th x570 is a way better choice. Uses all the same accessories as the x700 but with a better meter display, and better button / dial layout. For one example, the on/off button is placed more appropriately so it not accidentally left on and you not killing batteries all the time. And frankly, if you are getting a manual-focus camera you should be able to go without a 'P' mode
  9. Since this question was posted in the wrong forum (i.e. not being an SLR camera nor a camera with the A mount that both SONY/Minolta shared ), are the MODs going to move the thread to the correct place?
  10. I agree with Steve. It appears to be a part of a disassembled lens.
  11. Andy L wrote " . . . . An A mount camera has a longer flange distance than MD mount, . . ." That is incorrect . The A mount is shorter than the MD/MC/MD mount, by 0.5mm . That is not sufficient room to make an adapter, therefore any adapter causes the increase in focal distance. That is the reason for the increase in distance and why a corrective lens element is required, like everyone has explained.
  12. Thank you for posting this information Michael. As an owner and user of many classic Minolta cameras, I appreciate the knowledge. I am curious if the OP ever fixed the problem.
  13. I know all these cameras. You are right about what they are. One close focus passport camera, nice 600 Se press camera, & a specialty back (missing the mounting plate and camera it was for). Nice collection you got. what were you hoping to do with them ? Do you need help on how to use them and what subject the would be best to take pictures of with them ?
  14. Nice lookin cameras. I'de be itching to run a roll of film through that folder if I were you.
  15. Would love to see some photos of the lense standard.
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