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A lovely girl... :D Just picked up a very nice Miranda D, but I'm bamboozled by the lens mount. I think I need an Auto Miranda lens, but I'm hoping some of you film gurus will correct me if I'm wrong.

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The Miranda F uses an Exakta bayonet, but mounts the lens upside down (like Topcon - same mount) as evidenced by the shutter release position. I believe it also had a Pentax screw mount, but a search of the model should show all this.

I suspect the same is true of your D.
 
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The inner screw of the mount is M44. Miranda (Soligor) lenses with pre-set diaphragms use this as do accessories such as extension tubes etc.

The outer bayonet mount can take the 'Auto Miranda' lenses with automatic diaphragm but the model D has no mechanism to operate the diaphragm.

The D was originally sold with a pre-set lens or a PAD which has an arm out to the shutter release and is stopped down through this. (Like Exactas).

There are adaptors to mount M42, Leica etc lenses, some of which are bayonet, some fit the M44 screw.

Miranda claimed that their camera body was slimmer than others so allowed the thickness of adaptors for almost any lens.

I have a large collection of Mirandas. If you need any literature etc, please let me know.
 
David_Mug said:
The inner screw of the mount is M44. Miranda (Soligor) lenses with pre-set diaphragms use this as do accessories such as extension tubes etc.

The outer bayonet mount can take the 'Auto Miranda' lenses with automatic diaphragm but the model D has no mechanism to operate the diaphragm.

The D was originally sold with a pre-set lens or a PAD which has an arm out to the shutter release and is stopped down through this. (Like Exactas).

There are adaptors to mount M42, Leica etc lenses, some of which are bayonet, some fit the M44 screw.

Miranda claimed that their camera body was slimmer than others so allowed the thickness of adaptors for almost any lens.

I have a large collection of Mirandas. If you need any literature etc, please let me know.
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Thank you. That's very helpful. I didn't do the usual due diligence when I bought this one. :D Usually one of the first things I do is download the manual. I understand the difference now. Thank you.
 
Christmas, the new year and idle hands have expanded my collection of Mirandas. I'm really quite taken with them. ;)
 
When my Exakta Varex IIB died, I tried to buy a Miranda F at short notice, and couldn't get one. So I ended up with an OM1. I still regret missing my chance to buy one at Focus on Imaging from the Disabled Photographer' stand.
 
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Miranda cameras seem to be quite rare as for years picking up cameras from the bootie......I never saw a Miranda camera.
 
I've got a pair of Miranda 10x50 binoculars and they're still my go-to for air shows etc. They're better than the Nikon 12x50s I bought to supposedly better them.
 
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