GarageBoy
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Those Chinese SLRs are cooool
What are lanthanum elements?
I'm assuming this refers to the older "radioactive" lenses, where they added some rare earth compounds only to have the glass elements yellow with age.
I'm sure most of you have seen this method to "fix" the problem. 🙂 🙂 🙂
What are lanthanum elements?
While it is delightfully solid and rudimentary feeling, I was for some reason expecting it to be bigger..
That's what i thought too, the later Zenit 19 are massive.
I loved that lens, it has given me great pictures.
I was reading your site and was really glad to have stumbled on your experiences with the Pentax Super Takumar lens on the Zenit. I was about to get one! Glad I dodged that bullet.