>Help! I'm in a bit of a quagmire. Well, not really. >I just have some spare time today so I decided to ask >the group this question: > >Have you ever brought two different camera systems on >vacation? Specifically I am referring to a Pentax >K-mount system with 2 bodies, 4 lenses plus an M42 to >K-mount adapter plus a Pentax screwmount body with two >lenses. The purpose of bringing along the screwmount >stuff is solely for B&W photos plus the chance to use >the lenses (35mm/f3.5 & 135mm/f3.5) on the K-mount >body for slides and print photos.
Personnally I would only bring two K bodies (instead of 2 K and 1 S): one with B&W and one with colour. But I would mix screw mount lenses (with adapter) with K-mount lenses. There is a way you can have a screw mount lens lock on K-mount bodies. It needs a little machine shop job done on the adapter and the lens. >I find that the >screwmount lenses, even though not exactly fast, >provide me quite excellent picture quality. Because of that (Asahi screwmount lenses' quality) and because of their rather low market value (I was a poor student back then) I have made two trips with SMC-Takumar lenses (28/3.5, 55/1.8 and 100/4 macro) and a MX + a Spotmatic (and later 2 MXs) and was more than pleased with their optical quality and did not bother stop-down metering and switching the 28mm and the 55mm from one body to another by unscrewing and screwing. (The 100mm was only used for special macro sessions.) Andre --
