In my experience the Miranda lenses were always quite good. I assume you have a
Miranda camera therefore you have no choice but to get a Miranda lens. Right?
Get the lens and enjoy it.
Arthur Kramer
Las Vegas NV
Actually the lens is a screw mount.
That's an oldie then. Is it Miranda branded, or just a Miranda mount?
I used a Miranda (well, Soligor) 28mm and shot into the sun without problems.
They are quite good lenses.
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That's very good, thanks!
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If you have a Miranda camera with the Miranda screw mount (looks like
the Pentax M42 thread but it's not the same thread) you have a very
restricted choice of lenses. Unless you can find a Tamron Adaptall 2
mount or T mount for Miranda, or an adapter to take other lens mounts,
you are stuck with the lenses that were originally made for the camera.
By the standards of the 1960s/70s Miranda's lens range was barely
acceptable and by today's standards they are poor. The only Miranda
lens that had a good reputation was a standard lens (~ 50mm) made by
Soligor. That lens may have given the impression that Miranda cameras
came with good lenses, alas the others in the range were not of that
quality.
After the Japanese Miranda company went bust the US importer of Miranda
cameras financed ongoing production so they wouldn't go bust themselves.
Later the Miranda brand was sold to the Dixons Group of the UK and
various "Miranda" lenses and accessories were made in several Japanese
factories in a number of camera mounts, but strangely not Miranda's own.
The main interest in Miranda cameras and lenses comes from collectors,
and the pleasure of these not unattractive cameras comes from enjoying
ownership rather than their high optical standards.
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Tony Polson
copy and paste job, Tony?
Tony Polson <tony....@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> wow.... you know, I was searching for Miranda lenses on Ask Jeeves a few
> weeks back (looking to see if they made ultrawides) when I saw a whole load
> of similar information. I don't know HOW similar, I just remember the bit
> about dixons and about collectors wanting them rather than people who use
> them.
>
> copy and paste job, Tony?
No, just a photographic memory!
:-)
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Tony Polson
>Miranda lenses on Ask Jeeves a few
>weeks back (looking to see if they made ultrawides) when I saw a whole load
>of similar information. I don't know HOW similar, I just remember the bit
>about dixons and about collectors wanting them rather than people who use
>them.
>copy and paste job, Tony?
A photograph I did with a Miranda years ago ended up in the permanent
collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The lenses were fine.
> Thanks VERY much Tony. I was thinking the Miranda lens was an M42 mount.
You're welcome.
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"Eric Freibrun" <efre...@NOSPAM.msn.com> wrote in message
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> To those who appreciate Miranda, I have an Fv with 50mm f1.9 Auto Miranda
> lens (bayonet mount) up for auction on ebay at
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1215235183.
Thanks,
> Eric Freibrun
>
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