Soligor 200mm Tele-Auto f/2.8 in M42

2009-02-20 Posted by Hin Man
I recently got a Soligor 200mm f/2.8 in M42 mount. The lens is in pristine condition but I have not taken any shots from it except few product shots. My lens has a serial number starting with 37 and the lens may be related to Tokina as Vivitar brand has serial number starting 37 were manufactured by Tokina.


Soligor 200mm f/2.8 in M42

Soligor Tele-Auto f/2.8 MC
72mm filter size
Serial #: 37....
soligor 200mm f/2.8 in M42

soligor 200mm f/2.8 in M42

This older M42 lens does't come with a A/M switch. It has a long pin sticking out with the aperture wide open and my K20D body won't depress it to the close down the blades according to aperture stops

Soligor 200mm f/2.8 in M42

Soligor 200mm f/2.8 in M42

I am planning to do some modification to make the lens manual permanently. I researched on various discussions with questions to all my buddies such as Mis, Peter, Frank, and few others from another forums, here is the summary of possible remedies:
  1. Use some way to jam the pin with cotton swap
    - Converting Auto-Aperture M42 Lens to Manual Aperture on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  2. Crazy clue to press down the pin in position
    - Peter reported success with Helios-44M
    - Unfortunately, my pin is long and the spring seems very strong underneath
    - Subject to glue used, possible to undo the change
  3. Use of Kindai M42 to K mount adapter
    - Helios 44m-5 is good for k10d?
    - thanks to Frank for the suggestion

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