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Author Message   Hollenbj Tinkerer Username: Hollenbj Post Number: 61 Registered: 03-2012 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 04:36 pm:    An awful lot of work and stress for that Albinar lens. I know that the right lens for a person is the one they're satisfied with, but the Soligor offered by Agchicago will certainly be better, potentially a *lot* better. Over the years, I have accepted a number of Albinar and Quantaray lenses to use in high danger/fatal situations such as crab fishing, sandstorms, mud wrestling (OK, maybe not mud wrestling). I receive the lenses for free from dissatisfied folks and use them primarily for B+W because the CA is substantial. When they die, I might salvage some small screws (on the Quantaray lenses because they're slightly better built) and toss them. I doubt I would ever go through the trouble of attempting to save one. I'd offer a replacement lens too, but I got rid of my FD stuff years ago. But, I see perfectly nice Canon FD lenses in the local thrift shops for very low prices ($20US or less). Again, you can do much better than the Albinar. Just my 2 cents.