Ive used the pentax adapter for years with no problem. no tool is necessary to remove them from the k body, I just squeeze the spring to remove from body. just squeeze and turn, its not that difficult.
p.s. the pentax adapter makes the k body into m42 body, it doesn't make the screw lenses into k lenses. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 7:34 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Using the M42 Adapter? On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Paul Ewins <paulew...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Pentax has the manual on-line as a PDF file: >> >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/Mount_Adapter_K.pdf >> >> It says there's spring you have to push in with the tip of a ball >> point pen, then you just turn it counter-clockwise until it stops & >> it will come out. > > When it works normally, that is what happens. It should just twist and > click into place and then when you are done you use the special tool > which disengages the spring and allows you to twist it out again. > Except when it goes wrong and you can't disengage the spring and the > adapter is then jammed solid. I have heard of a few other people > (apart from myself and Jerry) that this has happened to and it is > always a third-party adapter that goes wrong. > > Paul And that's one reason why I use my M42 glass on my Minolta kit nearly-exclusively these days. Infinity focus can be an issue, but the adapters are WAY less hassle and much cheaper. Screw the adapter on and use them like any other bayonet lens (and at $8 each, you can afford 1 per lens). Canon and 4/3rds adapters work the same. The Pentax style adapters guarantee infinity focus with Pentax lenses (but may have issues with others, especially Fujinon's) but the adapters are way more hassle to use. -Adam -- 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.
