macbrowne
newbie
Reged: 16/07/2008
Posts: 1
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Hi,
I am very new to all this technical photo stuff, used to point and shoot!!
However I have been handed down to me 3 lenses from when my Dad was into photography.
The lenses I have are (I'm just typing what I see on them as I have no idea!!)
1.52mm Chinon Auto 1:2.8 135mm
2.52mm Ricoh Riconar 1:2.2 55mm
3.Kiron 28mm f/2.8 55mm
I'm off to Egypt next year and was looking to buy a DSLR.
Would any of these lenses fit a camera body, I understand there are different mounts from my research on the Internet.
Any help,comments would be very helpful, as myself and my daughter would like to make this a hobby, but don't want to spent loads in case we aren't very good!!
Many Thanks,
David
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Malcolm_Stewart
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 11/07/2005
Posts: 2727
Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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Hello and welcome.
It looks as though you've got a typical set of lenses including a wide-angle, that's your #3, the Kiron 28mm f2.8; a standard lens, #2, 55mm f2.2; and the telephoto, #1, the Chinon 135mm f2.8. They will fit and work on a film SLR (single lens reflex) from the same period, around 20-30 years ago, such as a Ricoh or Pentax with the Pentax bayonet lens fitting. (Ricoh used the Pentax lens mount.)
If you want to use film (35mm), you need something like a Pentax ME, Pentax MESuper or Ricoh KR-5. I'd suggest visiting a Camera Fair where you should find one for £50 or less. (Take a lens with you as a check on fit.) (See the posting about the Potters Bar Fair under Forthcoming Events.)
If you want to use your lenses on a digital SLR, I'd suggest you ask on the Pentax forum for more specialist advice. They'll probably fit, but there may be restrictions on how they work in addition to not being auto-focus, which is assumed as the norm for a DSLR.
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Malcolm Stewart
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
Posts: 9541
Loc: Sussex-by-the-Sea
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Do the lenses have a bayonet (a sort of three 'lug') fitting or do they have a screw thread at the back? The 52/55mm you mention are the front filter sizes BTW.
I suspect as you mention a Ricoh lens that they could be in Ricoh's version of the Pentax K mount (often known as PK-R). If this is the case then I'd largely forget them as the Ricoh K-mount is known to get jammed in place on many proper Pentax K-mount cameras - apparently it has an extra pin normal K lenses don't have.
If/when you buy a DSLR don't buy it to fit a bunch of old lenses, buy it because it has the specifications you want. If the old lenses happen to fit then that's a bonus...
HTH
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Nigel
Completely BSRIPN 
ElSid Gallery
A camera in the hand is more fun than one in the cupboard........
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beejaybee
Marvin
Reged: 18/07/2007
Posts: 5268
Loc: Really Here In Name Only
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Quote:
If/when you buy a DSLR don't buy it to fit a bunch of old lenses, buy it because it has the specifications you want. If the old lenses happen to fit then that's a bonus...
... and you'll probably want to change them anyway, most "vintage" lenses are compromised when used on a DSLR because of backscatter from the (shiny) sensor which often causes ghost images or at least poor contrast. Anti-reflective surface coatings have improved more in the last 10-15 years than any other aspect of lens design/construction.
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LargeFormat
veteran
Reged: 24/10/2006
Posts: 1213
Loc: Buckinghamshire and Cumbria
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... and you'll probably want to change them anyway, most "vintage" lenses are compromised when used on a DSLR because of backscatter from the (shiny) sensor which often causes ghost images or at least poor contrast. Anti-reflective surface coatings have improved more in the last 10-15 years than any other aspect of lens design/construction.
and, as you might not be familiar with such things if you buy an APSc (your most likely first dSLR) type dSLR the focal lengths will be, effectively, increased by about 1.5. Not wishing to tell you how to suck eggs, the sensor on an APSc camera is smaller than the full frame 35mm these lenses were designed for so that the field of view of wide angle lenses tend towards standard lenses, standard lenses towards mild telephoto and telephoto towards stronger telephoto - if you see what I mean.
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daft_biker
Action Man!
Reged: 11/10/2006
Posts: 7966
Loc: Doon the glen
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If/when you buy a DSLR don't buy it to fit a bunch of old lenses, buy it because it has the specifications you want. If the old lenses happen to fit then that's a bonus...
I agree.....the kit lens that comes with a DSLR is likely to be more useful, especially when upgrading from point and shoot. It's not like a kit lens adds much to the price of a DSLR either 
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Andrew (BSRIPN) ... Pics.
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MickLL
Two Grand Man
Reged: 01/08/2004
Posts: 2716
Loc: SE England
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I also have the feeling that those lenses, even when new, were not exactly wonderful quality.
Personally I'd start again.
MickLL
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