RE: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
once mounted. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: converting a M42 lens to PK mount? > thanks for the tip. It looks like this lens won'

RE: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-14 Thread Cory Papenfuss
> thanks for the tip. It looks like this lens won't > work ( mamiya 55mm F1.8) because the hole that > would need to be drilled in the lens's flange > would be interfering with the lens's aperture > setting ring movement. drats! Seems like you said, > this can only be done on M42 lenses that have >

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-14 Thread P. J. Alling
gt; > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > P. J. Alling > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount? > > > It would depend on which lens

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/4/07, Digital Image Studio, discombobulated, unleashed: >MIG welder, now we're talking, beat that for butcherous Cotty :-) I can go one better. If JCO gets some of that stubbornness and fits it to the threads of the lens, it should stay stuck in it's ways for all of time! (JCO's posts go

RE: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread J. C. O'Connell
that have large diameter flanges at the mount jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:34 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount? It would depend on which lens

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread David Savage
On 4/14/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14/04/07, jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is where my Mig Welder comes in handy. several spots and touching up > > with a grinder will permeantally fix the adaptor to the screw mount lens. > > > > ;) > > MIG welder, now we'r

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread jim
This is where my Mig Welder comes in handy. several spots and touching up with a grinder will permeantally fix the adaptor to the screw mount lens. ;) James On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:57:27 -0400, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >Could somebody refresh my memory? I >want to permanently adapt a M42 >lens

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 14/04/07, jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is where my Mig Welder comes in handy. several spots and touching up > with a grinder will permeantally fix the adaptor to the screw mount lens. > > ;) MIG welder, now we're talking, beat that for butcherous Cotty :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILL

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread P. J. Alling
It would depend on which lens you were trying to permanently adapt. Something like the SMCT 135 f2.5 with it's large base would be possible. Remove the spring from the adapter that locks it into the camera body. I don't have an adapter available but I think the tapped hole for the screw that

converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Could somebody refresh my memory? I want to permanently adapt a M42 lens to PK mount such that the mount adapter K stays on the lens all the time and the lens mounts and dismounts from PK bodies just like a K lens. Is this possible and how do I do it? I am sure I could figure it out if possible,

Re: converting a M42 lens to PK mount?

2007-04-13 Thread David Savage
At 11:57 AM 14/04/2007, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >Could somebody refresh my memory? I >want to permanently adapt a M42 >lens to PK mount such that the mount adapter >K stays on the lens all the time and >the lens mounts and dismounts from >PK bodies just like a K lens. > >Is this possible and how do