That sounds like a cool feature!

Love Pentax catch -in - focus use it on all my Pentax cameras my istDL, K100D, K3-11 and K3 mark III And I do perfer the A mount lenses

That's cool to know. I was lucky enough to grab up the sixth release version (Cosina) of the Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f/2.8-4 lens for a song, and it's the only one they produced with autofocus and anamorphic glass. It's heavy as hell to lug around (especially on a full frame DSLR), but the images are gorgeous. It's not for soap bubbles though, the bokeh with this lens is smooth as butter. If you want photos that look like watercolor paintings in the background, that lens is for you.

Glad you like them, thanks!

@@zenography7923 Had the same opinion about them, like they where kind of cheap plastic... Now I'm thinking about buy one of those (maybe more :) Thank you!

Vivitar Series 1 made six different releases of their fast 70-210mm. You can identify what manufacturer they made them for by the serial numbers. The sixth and final release has autofocus and anamorphic glass, made for Cosina. I have that one and it's beautiful, but I've seen great reviews from their other releases as well.

They're not the absolute best, technically speaking, but a good one makes a very nice shot.

Thank you too!

Hmm, that's a tricky one - unless you have a friend with a lathe who can help?

Thanks for the sub!

There were lots of Chinon SLRs sold by Dixons, many still working today!

The original Miranda cameras had a dual lens mount both screw and bayonet fitting which meant that you could find many adapters to use other lenses. They also had interchangeable viewfinders . They were definitely not a budget SLR and had a vast range of accessories (including 50mm f2.0 lenses and ,I think , a 50mm. f2.8. Many of their lenses were made & sold by Soligor. I have two EE2 models with1.4 and f2.0 lenses. The one to avoid apparently is the last model the Dx3. They made only one compact camera as I remember and a Laborec SLR designed exclusively for use with microscopes. I bought mine just when Dixon's acquired the company . However if you needed the extra lenses including the only zoom you had to order all of them with the camera. None would be available from Dixon's to buy afterwards unless you did so. Dixon allegedly ( your honour) wanted the name brand for themselves and their own range of cheap contacts and SLRs. Strange when it was often quoted as the reason the original Mirandas were unpopular was that men would not want to buy cameras with a feminine name. I think it was they were too expensive . If you do buy one & it works remember they took the old 1.35 volt mercury batteries so you'd need an air cell type or an adapter. They are available. If you use the modern 1.5 volt batteries your exposure will be really out. As they are fully manual as well you could use the old sunny 16 trick but then you'd miss out on the spot metering & the bottom centre weighted metering on the EE2 (avoids sky bias ) They are great but heavy & were built to a very high standard.

@@user-xw7ie6jv2xI have a EE and a 50 f, both the camera and lens needs a little repair. Dispute this it seems well built and are in great shape. Additionally I have a 135 3.5 telephoto macro with a mini bellows, ;like new in the box. The reason I bring this up is that you were right about about Soligor as the producer as the box has that name and Miranda on it. I know very little about the Miranda, they came with another purchase, but I want to run a 2 or 3 rolls of film through them before I get rid of them.

Cheers 👍

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