Re: Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread David A. Mann
Todd Stanley writes: > They haven't really advertised the existance > of these adaptors much before and I don't know why they are suddenly making such > a big deal out of them. They're making a big deal because (in NZ at least) it _is_ a big deal. 99% of the pro Pentax users are using only th

Re: Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread John Francis
Todd Stanley wrote: > > They have been making the 67->K and the 645->K adaptors for a long time. > They work on all K-mount cameras, digital or otherwise. Like the screw->K > adaptor you have no automation at all, unless the digital is doing > something new (I doubt it). They haven't really adv

Re: Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread Bob Blakely
ards, Bob... --- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote! - Original Message - From: "Jörgen Blomgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 10:20 AM Subject: Pr

Re: Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread Todd Stanley
They have been making the 67->K and the 645->K adaptors for a long time. They work on all K-mount cameras, digital or otherwise. Like the screw->K adaptor you have no automation at all, unless the digital is doing something new (I doubt it). They haven't really advertised the existance of these

Re: Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread Chris Brogden
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Jörgen Blomgren wrote: > Is this something unique to the new digital ? > Or is it possible to use the 645 and 67 lenses on other 35mm ? It's not unique to the digital. Pentax makes adapters to fit both 645 and 67 lenses on 35mm bodies, AFAIK. chris - This message is from

Pro digital can use 645/67 lenses ?

2001-02-26 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
In the mail today there was a catalogue from a swedish mail-order company (Scandinavian Photo). At the Pentax page there was a small sidenote about the new Pentax bodies, the new semi-pro 35 mm and the pro digital. The part about the digital mentioned that it could use the lenses from the 645 and