mark_holden1

Years ago I worked at a camera store with Peter who replied much earlier in this thread, and that's where I discovered the Alpa.

I currently have an 11e, an 11el, and an 11si.

I have about a dozen different lenses that were available in the late 70's including most of the premium ones, but one I was always interested in but couldn't find (at least at a price I was smart enough to pay) was the Peri-apolar. That one had a front element shaped like a bullet, and while it had a 40mm focal length was a 360 degree lens.

One of these days I'm gonna get a digital camera adapted so I can get more use out of these lenses. My favorites are the 24 angenieux, the pa curtagon, the macro switar and the automatic kinoptiks.

I've been following this "product" on and off for quite a few years - it seems they put all their effort into R&D and never put anything into production - though I think they were offering pre production models on a limited basis a few years ago.

On the early prototypes, it just looked like a film can with a rigid tail holding the sensor. (No monitor)

I'd love to see someone develop a product like this that could work in my Alpa cameras so I could get digital convenience with my Alpa lenses.

The main problem is you'll need to shoot in full manual mode, and you will need to guess or use an external light meter.

It would be nice if they included stop down metering or aperture preferred metering.

Here are a couple of shots I took with my D70 through a TMB 175 apo telescope:

<http://users.adelphia.net/~msholden/Moon52804.jpg> Moon

<http://users.adelphia.net/~msholden/VenusT0513es.jpg> Venus Transit

Hi

Karl Heitz in New York may be able to get you a brighter screen.