----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Francis"
Subject: Re: Pentax Bellows


> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:41:09PM -0500, Walter Hamler wrote:
>> I just bought a Pentax Bellows from an internet telescope source. The
>> pic tells that it is a screw mount version. Are there special adapters
>> available to convert these to K-mount, or do I just get the M-42 - K
>> adapter ring for both ends?
>>
>> Walt
>
> You might be out of luck - I don't know of an adapter to fit a K-mount
> lens onto a screw-mount body (or bellows).  The M-42 - K adapter ring
> will let you mount a screw-mount lens (or bellows) on a K-mount body,
> but the only lenses you will be able to use are screw-mount lenses.

Somewhere around here, I have a K to M42 adaptor. It is a short extension 
tube with a screw mount at the back end, and a K-mount at the front. It's 
probably a Spiratone part. Porter's might have something similar. If nothing 
else, the Takumar 100mm bellows lens is very nice indeed.

William Robb 


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