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Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2002 10:06 AM
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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
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:
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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 rememb
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 pro
- 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
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
Herb Chong wrote:
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> > 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. fr
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 dep
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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
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
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 idea
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 th
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
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.
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
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