For what it is worth, the film to flange distance on the Spotmatics and K bodies is identical. If the scale does not match up, it is a manufacturing stuff up and will not have any effect on the performance.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please > Hi Dan, > > I've read ahead and can't really help with the off brand adapter problem. However, reading your message rang a bell as I remembered that the Jupiter 9 I borrowed didn't line > up exactly with my Pentax screw adapter either. Off by perhaps 5-10 degrees. My Taks line up fine so it's probably the lens, although I have heard that even the Taks don't > always line up with off brand adapters. > > William (who found his pentax k-screw adapter NIB in the junk bin for a buck) in Utah. > > 11/7/2002 1:49:43 PM, "Dan Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >My screwmount to kmount adapter just came from B&H. > > > >Screwed it on to the Jupiter-9, no problem. Put that on the ZX-5n, > >pretty iffy, can't tell if it's on all the way or not cause the focus > >scale isn't really lined up where it should be. > > > >Go to take the lens off and try again, the lens comes off alright, but > >the adapter is fast on the ZX-5n. The tool that comes with the adpater > >turns it a little, but not enough. > > > >Anyone have this happen before? Tell me you didn't have to take it to a > >service center to get it off, please... > > > >Dan Scott (boogered in Texas) > > > > > > > > >
