Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/20

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Subject: Re: lens adapter
From: Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@a1.nl>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 19:22:24 +0000

On 19 Apr 97 at 19:34, Jacques Bilinski wrote:

> I recently bought an 18mm f11 Pentax screw-mount fisheye lens.  I plan to
> make a shoe mounted viewer using one of those peep-hole optical devices
> mounted in doors to get a "poor man' Hologon" and save about $15,000.

FWIW: according to a fellow fisheye expert, this was worlds first 
fisheye for a 35mm camera (please correct me when I am wrong here).
A very tiny lens, indeed Hologonish small....:-)) 
Would love to add it to my collection, so if anyone ever sees one,
please give me a call! 

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