Ok so the Leica S mount lenses could only be used a macro distances, but 
the Canon f0.95 would let in a lot of light!

P. J. Alling wrote:
> Well you've set yourself an enduring hobby.  Any m42 lens and the 
> earlier m37 and c, (video, 8mm(?)), mount), Bessamatic or Kodak Retina 
> IIIS/Reflex  with the proper adapter, I think there may even be a Leica 
> S (m39) mount to m42 adapter which opens all of the Leica, and copies 
> such as Canon, (ah think of using a canon f 0.95 50mm), RF lenses,   not 
> to forget Pentax 645 and 67 lenses.  Then there's the TX T4 Adapall etc. 
> These are just the adapters I know of.  The scope is daunting and the 
> number of different lenses is astounding.  
>
> Andreas Pfotenhauer wrote:
>   
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> as mentioned in the subject, i need your help :-)
>>
>> I'm in the process of building a website that will hold a database with 
>> all lenses usable on Pentax bodies (with preference for the digital 
>> ones). I know, there is Bojidar Dimitrov's excellent k-mount web page 
>> (and some others), but thats not what i have in mind, because "kmp" has 
>> a pure technical perspective and it is restricted to Pentax lenses, 
>> while i would like to cover *all* lens producers that are usable on a 
>> Pentax body, and my project will offer more participation for users, it 
>> will be possible to rate lenses, add comments, there will be a list of 
>> external resources (URLs) pointing to lens reviews users can add to, etc 
>> .. somewhat like a Wiki but mostly with structured data (so for example 
>> one can easily filter for "ultra wide lenses that offer automatic 
>> aperture, have a availability rating greater than 3 and a overall 
>> quality rating  greater or equal 4") and a set of permissions with what 
>> a particular type of user(anonymous, registered user,staff,admin) can do 
>> or not. i think you get a rough idea.
>>
>> Problem is, this is some amount of data i have to collect and to 
>> maintain, thats why the whole thing is database driven which in turn 
>> means, no html skills will be necessary to add and maintain data, and 
>> I'm optimistic that I'll find sooner or later someone who's interested 
>> in helping me.
>>
>> Second Problem is, i don't know 99% of these lenses, and thats why i 
>> come to you guys. Getting functional characteristics of a lens (weight, 
>> size, focal length, aperture etc) is in most cases no big problem, 
>> thanks to google, but what i would like to have are descriptions of the 
>> lens, preferably from someone who had it in his hands and did some 
>> shots. Pictures of lenses are also very welcome. Of course contributions 
>> will be attributed and pictures will have a explicit copyright notice, 
>> with a link to the homepage of the contributor or something similar, 
>> except the contributor does not want to be mentioned.
>>
>> Website itself is still in alpha stage, so there is no layout and only 
>> some sample data, I'm still adding/removing/changing features, but as 
>> soon as i enter early beta I'll show you something :-)
>>
>> with kind regards from Germany,
>> Andreas
>>
>> PS: maybe i should mention that this will *not* be a commercial thing, 
>> actually i intend to place the whole thing under a Creative Commons 3 
>> Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License (horrible name ^^), except 
>> of course for picture contributors that wish to retain their copyrights.
>>
>>   
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