Minolta adaptors are unavailable, Contax and Leica R adaptors are also easily available, as are Nikon adaptors, for EF mount that is.
4/3rds has a shorter register than EF mount (~38mm vs 44mm for EF) and can adapt all sorts of wierd and wonderful stuff. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > Canon has the shortest lens registration distance. of currently > manufactured systems. So almost all manufacturers lenses are > adaptable.with infinity focus preserved. Though I think only Nikon, > Pentax Minolta, Olympus and M42 adapters are commonly available (Yes the > long way around but I think I covered all bases). > > David J Brooks wrote: >> Are the Pentax lenses only adaptable to Canon, or are there Nikon >> mounts out there. >> >> Dave >> >> On 9/30/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On 30/09/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>> >>>> Cotty is the one who I first saw attaching Pentax lenses to a canon >>>> digicam - someone else >>>> (forgive me that I can't remember who it was) told me that simply >>>> attaching the adaptor to the lens and >>>> camera would work... and it sure did -- >>>> >>> I believe it was Adam. >>> >>> The only thing I can't understand my dear, is why attach the Pentax >>> glass to a Rebel? I could understand a full-frame 1D. I could understand >>> a 1.3 crop 1D mark II or III. I could even understand a 1.6 crop D40 or >>> it's ancestors. I can't understand why a Rebel. >>> >>> The K10D is streets ahead of the Rebel. Even the *ist D and its siblings >>> has a better viewfinder and even I admit they're better than a Rebel. >>> Why the Rebel? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Curiously, >>> Cotty >>> >>> >>> ___/\__ >>> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >>> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >>> _____________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
