GAF Auto Chinon 55-300mm f4.5 for M42  type_Adapters and a good quality ball

and a good quality ball head with a Manfrotto RC2 quick-release plate

) mechanical "autofocus" setting

with a couple of shallow "document" pockets front and rear

which should pretty much cover anything you could plausibly mount

with clean glass and excellent image quality

GAF Auto Chinon 55-300mm f4.5 for M42 &nbsptype_Adapters and a good quality ballOkay so the GAF Auto Chinon 55 300mm f4. 5 is a big lens: it weighs 2kg, and its nearly a foot long. It has its own tripod mount! The filter thread is 86 doggone mm! Anyway, its big. Image quality is not too bad, actually. If you dont recognize the GAF branding, all you need to know is that they used to be Ansco, and theyre still around today, except now they make roofing shingles. Focus and zoom action are good, optics are generally clean, with some