Hi Fred ... I think you've got that a little backwards. I'd suggest that the Nikon is sucking up to the Pentax lens - dare I say, perhaps even kissing its butt <g>.
But seriously, over the years it's been rather common for many photographers to modify a lens that they like, or which has some preferred characteristics, to fit on and work with other cameras. It's quite a compliment, don't you think? You know, the story is that HC-B always used Leicas, and leitz lenses, but it's been reported by Beaumont Newhall that HC-B, on one of his trips to NY, picked up a Contax lens that he had modified to fit his Leica III - so maybe not all of HC-B's stuff was the result of Leitz optics after all. IAC, I can think of a number of instances where I'd have liked an optic from one company on a body from another. There are certainly a few Olympus lenses I'd like to adapt to the K-mount, likewise for some Leica glass. And let's not forget that the 43mm Ltd was made in a Leica mount, and it receives some very positive comments from the users. Fred wrote: > Anyhow, back to the bastardized Pentax 15/3.5, I'm assuming that > some camera shop someplace must have perpetrated some sort of an > evil mount conversion, right? [...] > Hmmm... Being born a Pentax but ending up as a Nikon - it must be > sort of like being assimilated into the Borg, I would think... :-( -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
