Ah, but those are Zenit lenses another kettle of fish altogether.

Adam Maas wrote:
> But the Zenit M39 lenses can be used (Leica thread with M42/K register)
>
> -Adam
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> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> 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!
>>
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>>  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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