M42 Taks vs. K mounts - any preference one or the other?

Hi, Does anyone prefer to use the super-taks or smc taks to their equivalent smc K, A, or M lenses. (I'm not even going to ask about the A*). See the Pentax 85/1.4 A* for Ricoh on the well loved and hated auction site? John Bailey = jb `:^)

Re: PESO - Street performers vs. Street perfomers

Dario, The 2nd picture definitely shows the concentration of the musician and the connection between her and the music. The first would benefit (I think) from having people standing and listening in the center to right side of the picture. When I first saw the picture, my eyes saw the bicyclis

incredible (or not)

ebay item 3835059285 Pentax 35mm LX body with all accessories!!! BIN $600 except that none of the lenses are Pentax! The guy wants immediate payment. Hope no one falls for this. John = jb `:^)

WAS: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL -- S3 w/ hung 2nd shutter curtain

JCO, et al., I just got an S3. Most of the time the 2nd shutter curtain doesn't close all the way (1/16th inch out) and leave the mirror up. When I gently nudge the curtain to close the morror releases. Is this repairable? Secondly, the film advance lever doesn't spring back. Should it? Thank

Re: 100/4 Macro? -- M vs K

--- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think they are kind of rare. I have no > specific information. Generally, SMC > Pentax (K) lenses are considered to be slightly > better than the smaller SMC > Pentax M lenses model for model as they were > suposedly optimised for performance > while t

Re: 35 v. MF v. LF (was Film vs Digita)

My 4x5 is somewhere in the garage in a box after moving last summer. Haven't used it in years but after reading that C-41 processing is about as easy as E-6 my interest has been piqued. And I can use my PENTAX spotmeter or LX as a meter! Can anyone recommend a service to CLA and test view camera