----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Franklin Stregevsky Subject: Turn an M42-mount lens into a permanent K mount in seconds (with a teleconverter)
> So you've got the urge to buy "big glass" but you can't afford long + fast > in K mount. True, you can adapt an M42 screwmount lens. But who wants to > fiddle with an adapter each time he installs or removes the lens? > > You won't have to...if you fit the lens to a K-mount adapter, then fit the > adapter to a K-mount teleconverter. The result is a K-mount lens that locks > on or twists off in seconds, without tools, just like a "real" K mount lens. Some machining is required. William Robb