I believe the adaptor should go on first.Thats the method i use and so far,so good<g>
Dave ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: Joe Wilensky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:29:44 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Need help w/ how to use SM lenses on K mount bodies Maybe this is because I never received the tool with the Pentax adapter I have, but I always put the adapter on the lens first, instead of trying to bayonet it into the camera body. Of course, the lens then comes out by itself, leaving the adapter in the body, but when I'm done I've always been able to get it out using a fingernail and careful turning of the adapter edges with my fingertips. What's the proper procedure for using the adapter? Joe >Steve. >Open up wide to focus,then adjust ap. ring to get your meter reading >then shoot.Its a bit better to focus wide open than at the metered >reading i find. >Do your self a favour and buy the Pentax mount.There is a red dot >just as on a lens.Line them up and use the tool or small pen to twist >it on.It will lock in place.To undo,put the tool in were the litt;e >spring is pull towards the lens opening to release ,then twist off. >I use the adaptor sometimes with my 105 f 2.8 > >Dave ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada "Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art stops and the wall begins"--Frank Zappa http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
