Juan Buhler posted a photo some time ago of an Arsenal 35mm(?) maybe it
was a 50ish mm lens, f3.5 in M37 mount on his *ist-D and a few Photos
taken with that combination, so the answer is yes. You can use the very
old cameras with new equipment. You get focus confirmation with your
older lenses on new cameras as well. Where you'd get the M37 to M42
adapter I have no idea.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
These lenses usually have the earlier 37mm thread mount. Someone once said
that there are adapters for these lenses that will allow them to be used
with later cameras with the 42mm thread. Anyone know where such adapters
can be found?
Also, what's the chance of using one of these lenses with a 37mm -> 42mm
adapter, and then using that setup in a 42mm -> K-mount adapter?
Now, for the last question: Isn't it true that older manual focus lenses
can be used with some sort of auto focus functions if the right
adapters/camera bodies are used? If such is the case, it would sure be a
hoot if one of these asahi-Kogaku lenses could be used in auto focus mode
... ha!
Shel
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