Any idea where can I find some M42 mount lense ?

[Hans Voralberg]

A friend ask me if I know where I can find some Carl Zeiss Jena or Pentacon lense, the really old kind. Specifically these two

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f2.8 MC
Pentacon 135 f/2.8 MC

Any ideas ?

[Flibb]

ebay or jessops did have a classic camera section

[Funkstar]

Pick up a copy of Amature Photographer and traul though the used adds at the back. There are loads of companies that specialise in older classic comera bodies and lenses

[Stoo]

I've got one lens around here somewhere, along with a Canon EF>M42 adaptor..

[shiato storm]

jessops have closed their classic cameras section. there are a load of them down around the British Museum in London if you can get down there...thats where the jessops 'classics' store is/was as well as a few others in the area.
go pick up a copy of Amateur Photographer and in the back (rather the back half of the magazine) are loads of adverts...seek and ye shall find.

[noah]

have you tried the second hand stores like:

www.ffordes.com
www.mifsuds.com
mxv photo
ace cameras

they're a few of the biguns

[Funkstar]

So what is an M42 mount? What kind of camera do they usually fit?

Anyways interested on this kind of thing

[Stoo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M42_lens_mount

[Funkstar]

interesting, thanks for that

/tips hat

[Stoo]

I've actually got one of those old Praktica cameras around here somewhere as well, hence why I have a pentacon lens laying around too

[Hans Voralberg]

Ahh lovely Stoo, any intention of selling it? Just asking.

@Shiato: thx m8, i'll be in london probably in the next 2 week so might go and have a look, any specific location, i means i didnt recall seeing many photo shops around the british museum, but then i've been around there for like 3 years

[shiato storm]

southern side, forget the name of the road but basically the road that the main entrance is on, down one of the side streets off that road away from the museum has these places.
right found it:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...=1&scale=10000
have a look round muse street and bury place if you head that way. not far from UCL where I was too

[Stoo]

Ahh lovely Stoo, any intention of selling it? Just asking.

I suppose I could do, I've no idea where the zoom lens for it is at the moment though, nor do I have any clue of how much it's worth, or even if it's in full working order?

[Hans Voralberg]

LOL, im in no rush m8, will be looking around till the end of next month or so, so let me know if it's working.

[joshwa]

I've got a Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Tessar 2.8/50 attached to a faulty Zenit-E with a light meter. Unfortunately I only got about 2 and 2 half photos when I last put a film through it light meter works though... plus I've got a Zenit B that works with a Helio 58mm lens on it...

What camera do you have?

[Hans Voralberg]

Im looking for a m8 and I think he has a Canon 300D, he has the adaptor and just want to try it out i think.