screw mount adaptor
Hi, I have a quick question. I have been looking around to find a adaptor for this new screw mount camera I have so that I can use the bayonet type lens that I have with it. My question is.. is there such a thing? and if so .. what is it called? I can not seem to come up with anything other then the use your old screw mount lens on your new bayonet mount camera. And I need it for the other way around. Thanks in advance for the help. Rebecca NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net - 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 .
RE: screw mount adaptor
These adapters do exist. Smile Photo (one of the less reputable places that advertise in the back of every U.S. photo magazine) sells them for $49.95. At least one person on the list has one (Tiger Moses, I think?) so you may get some actual use impressions. I believe someone used one of these adapters to put one of th elimited lenses on a Spotmatic. No idea what the photos it produced looked like. -- Original Message -- Hi, I have a quick question. I have been looking around to find a adaptor for this new screw mount camera I have so that I can use the bayonet type lens that I have with it. My question is.. is there such a thing? and if so .. what is it called? I can not seem to come up with anything other then the use your old screw mount lens on your new bayonet mount camera. And I need it for the other way around. Thanks in advance for the help. Rebecca - 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 .
Re: screw mount adaptor
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:47:26AM -0700, B. K. Lane Sr. wrote: Hi, I have a quick question. I have been looking around to find a adaptor for this new screw mount camera I have so that I can use the bayonet type lens that I have with it. My question is.. is there such a thing? and if so .. what is it called? I can not seem to come up with anything other then the use your old screw mount lens on your new bayonet mount camera. And I need it for the other way around. Dear Rebecca, Assuming you are talking about an m42 screwmount body, there seems to be no ideal solution for what you're looking for. You can buy an adapter with optical elements that allow you to use K-mount lenses on a screw mount body, but the extra optics degrade image quality and I've heard they behave a bit like a tele adapter. The other option is to go for something without optics but then you lose infinity focus, which might be alright if you only want to do macro work. The problem is a physical one: the m42 mount is narrower than the K-mount yet they have the same registration distance. But if the screw mount has a shorter registration distance, e.g. a leica screw mount body, then it should be possible - though I'm not sure if they exist. Not sure where to buy the adapters if you are happy with optical degredation or loss of infinity focus. I think I've seen them before, probably in BH. Yours sincerely, Frank. -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
RE: screw mount adaptor
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B. K. Lane Sr. My question is.. is there such a thing? and if so .. what is it called? As far as I know: no, sorry - but I might be wrong so don't worry. If I'm not mistaken at the moment its imposible to build such a thing - a K-mount is bigger than the 42mm screw mount. Maciej - 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 .
