RE: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
If all else fails, hit everything within arms reach with said pipe-wrench :):):):) Cheers Shaun Canning Archaeology Department La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086. Phone: 0414-967 644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Debra Wilborn [mailto:mechadebzilla@;yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2002 10:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please Well, dude, since yer in Texas, I can give you my ultra-hick solutions. Pitch the little tool and find a pipe wrench. Return the adapter and tell the shop it's too tight. Or, take a steel file to the adapter until it does fit. Deb in TX (booger-free) --- 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) > __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
Well, dude, since yer in Texas, I can give you my ultra-hick solutions. Pitch the little tool and find a pipe wrench. Return the adapter and tell the shop it's too tight. Or, take a steel file to the adapter until it does fit. Deb in TX (booger-free) --- 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) > __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
Vs: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
Well - I had a genuine Pentax teleconverter that jammed my LX but it recovered and then it jammed my ME and stuck in the mount - I had to send the camera and teleconverter to be repaired. It was expensive. FWIW these things happen. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: gfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: Pentax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 07. marraskuuta 2002 21:47 Aihe: Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please >On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Dan Scott wrote: >> Anyone have this happen before? Tell me you didn't have to take it to a >> service center to get it off, please... > >Don't have one, don't have any M42 lenses, but I was told teh Pentax >branded ones tend to be a little more reliable and are better to avoid >this situation. > >Wish I had a better answer... > >
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
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) > > > > > > > > >
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) > > >
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
- Original Message - From: Dan Scott Subject: Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please > Does the spring do anything besides prevent the mount from coming off? Thats all it does. William Robb
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 04:56 PM, Christian Skofteland wrote: The spring steel thingy is the tab I was referring too. I don't have the adapter in front of me so I can't give you a good description of how to get it on and off. I just know that you press the tab/spring thingy and the adapter comes right off with a turn. Christian apologizing for not being terribly helpful No problem. I was a little tense myself. I wonder why there weren't any directions in or on the box? I assumed, if it went in like a K mount lens, it would come out like a K mount lens. Looking at this thing (the loose parts), the screw appears to be far too short to do its designated task. The screw placed through the hole in the spring extends about 1/32th of an inch (is that close to a millimeter?). I've looked at it under magnification and it the end of the screw isn't broken, it's just too short. Does the spring do anything besides prevent the mount from coming off? Dan Scott
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
Herb Chong wrote: > > Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > There should be a small tab that needs to be pressed before the > > adapter will > > turn to come off. > > Where? What does it look like? > < > > it's right beside the K-mount lens unlock button on the camera. from your > other message, it sounds like you broke the retaining spring when putting > on or taking off the lens. the spring should be opposite the aperture lever > and just require a push to clear the mount lock flange and allow rotation. > as for the comment about putting the adapter onto the camera body first, i > have never done that and have not had a problem with the Pentax-brand > adapter. > > Herb... Nor have I, but then, I have always used it with Pentax M-42 lenses... keith whaley
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
Assuming it's already installed, when you're looking at the adapter as installed on the camera body, the release tab is inside the narrow rectangular cutout just above the red dot on the body's lens mount. You press it inward a little, that releases the ring to rotate, and then while keeping it depressed, turn the ring CCW until the ring's bayonet tab (presently inside the lens mount) matches up with the relief cutout in the lens mount (about 45°) and just lift it out! Do it a few times and you'll get the hang of it! keith whaley, Pentaxian Christian Skofteland wrote: > > On Thursday 07 November 2002 16:39, Dan Scott wrote: > > Just got the SOB off with the aid of a pick but I'm not sure how. > > There's tiny little slotted screw and a piece of blued spring steel > > about 5/8ths of an inch long that came out with the mount. Don't know > > if it jammed because they came off or if they came off when broke the > > mount loose. Any ideas? > > > > Dan Scott (very relieved) > > The spring steel thingy is the tab I was referring too. I don't have the > adapter in front of me so I can't give you a good description of how to get > it on and off. I just know that you press the tab/spring thingy and the > adapter comes right off with a turn. > > Christian > apologizing for not being terribly helpful
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > There should be a small tab that needs to be pressed before the > adapter will > turn to come off. Where? What does it look like? < it's right beside the K-mount lens unlock button on the camera. from your other message, it sounds like you broke the retaining spring when putting on or taking off the lens. the spring should be opposite the aperture lever and just require a push to clear the mount lock flange and allow rotation. as for the comment about putting the adapter onto the camera body first, i have never done that and have not had a problem with the Pentax-brand adapter. Herb...
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
On Thursday 07 November 2002 16:39, Dan Scott wrote: > Just got the SOB off with the aid of a pick but I'm not sure how. > There's tiny little slotted screw and a piece of blued spring steel > about 5/8ths of an inch long that came out with the mount. Don't know > if it jammed because they came off or if they came off when broke the > mount loose. Any ideas? > > Dan Scott (very relieved) The spring steel thingy is the tab I was referring too. I don't have the adapter in front of me so I can't give you a good description of how to get it on and off. I just know that you press the tab/spring thingy and the adapter comes right off with a turn. Christian apologizing for not being terribly helpful
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
Just got the SOB off with the aid of a pick but I'm not sure how. There's tiny little slotted screw and a piece of blued spring steel about 5/8ths of an inch long that came out with the mount. Don't know if it jammed because they came off or if they came off when broke the mount loose. Any ideas? Dan Scott (very relieved)
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 04:24 PM, Christian Skofteland wrote: There should be a small tab that needs to be pressed before the adapter will turn to come off. Where? What does it look like? Always, ALWAYS, put the adapter on the camera first and then screw the lens on. And take the lens off first and the adapter off last. Christian
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 03:01 PM, gfen wrote: On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Dan Scott wrote: Anyone have this happen before? Tell me you didn't have to take it to a service center to get it off, please... Don't have one, don't have any M42 lenses, but I was told teh Pentax branded ones tend to be a little more reliable and are better to avoid this situation. Thought I was getting one. That's why I ordered from B&H. But it's not Wish I had a better answer... Same here. Anyway, good entry for the FAQ, eh? Dan Scott
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
On Thursday 07 November 2002 15:49, Dan Scott 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) There should be a small tab that needs to be pressed before the adapter will turn to come off. Always, ALWAYS, put the adapter on the camera first and then screw the lens on. And take the lens off first and the adapter off last. Oh, and gfen was right. The Pentax branded adapters work much, much better than off brand ones. Christian
Re: Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Dan Scott wrote: > Anyone have this happen before? Tell me you didn't have to take it to a > service center to get it off, please... Don't have one, don't have any M42 lenses, but I was told teh Pentax branded ones tend to be a little more reliable and are better to avoid this situation. Wish I had a better answer... -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com<-> photography and portfolio.
Help! M42 to K adapter-get it off my ZX-5n, please
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)
