Would This Be Useful Today?

[Airedaler]

I have been going through some draws and having a clear out and have come across a telephoto lens doing nothing. I bought this many moons ago (read about 30 years) it is a Solinger - for Pentax 90-230 in excellent condition.

I figure it may as well be somewhere being useful if it is relevant in today's world.

[Kirislin]

I have been going through some draws and having a clear out and have come across a telephoto lens doing nothing. I bought this many moons ago (read about 30 years) it is a Solinger - for Pentax 90-230 in excellent condition.

I figure it may as well be somewhere being useful if it is relevant in today's world.

I found these on ebay, I assume it's the same lens, you've put an "N" in your spelling

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=Soligor+90-230mm

[Airedaler]

I have been going through some draws and having a clear out and have come across a telephoto lens doing nothing. I bought this many moons ago (read about 30 years) it is a Solinger - for Pentax 90-230 in excellent condition.

I figure it may as well be somewhere being useful if it is relevant in today's world.

I found these on ebay, I assume it's the same lens, you've put an "N" in your spelling

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_kw=Soligor+90-230mm

Yes it is the same, sorry about the spelling. Looks as though there are plenty out there, but perhaps not a lot of interest in them.

[PossumCorner]

Aside from Kirislin's info that they are worth, well, nothing really. It may well work beautifully on a Pentax DSLR. But it might also stuff the electronics, so not worth the risk. Quite a lot of their old film-camera lenses are superb with Pentax and Sony/Minolta modern cameras.

You can usually donate them to a TAFE for photography courses, as they are generally required to start off with film cameras - the TAFEs will take old SLRs for student use.