John Forbes wrote:
Many (perhaps all) adapters come with a special tool that fits into two
slots on either side of the adapter, and allows you to apply plenty of
force to twist the adapter off.
On my adapter, one of the tabs on the tool is meant to push aside the
spring that holds the adapter in place. The normal button that you use
to release a lens does NOT work on the adapter.
Note that the "spring" is not coiled. It's a small high-tensile metal
strip that prevents the adapter from moving, unless it is pried out of
the way.
On my adapter, I have removed the spring because it's a pain. The
downside of doing this is that the whole caboodle can detach itself if
you're not careful.
Good luck.
John
John, it's not the ADAPTER he's having problems with!
He can't get his M42 Takumar lens off the Pentax adapter!
Sometimes, with some camera bodies, there's a spring loaded pin on some M42
lenses that might drop into a hole on the camera body lens mount...but that's
not the problem here. If you have a Pentax adapter, there *are* no screw head
recesses.
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:52:46 +0100, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
dave g wrote:
sorry if it's not appropriate to write to you directly but it's my first
time using a group like this.
the problem is the adapter is on the camera and can't be removed
(because of the springy thing you have to push with your fingernails to
get it off) without unscrewing the lens first.
Did you try removing the lens from the adapter yet?
You don't mention that...and that should always be done first.
Remove the lens from the adapter, and then the adapter from the
camera body.
If you did the sequence backwards, that's why you can't remove the
adapter...
keith whaley
...we tried using a feeler
gauge to touch the "release" pin just outside the threads (to release
auto to manual) but it seems to be stuck, perhaps in one of the screw
holes on the adapter. anyway, any tips are appreciated.
You said before that you were using a Pentax adapter.
Pentax adapters don't have any screws in them.
The only non-smooth place on the adapter is the squarish cutout, two placed,
for removing the adapter from the camera body.
I tried all four of my different style Takumar lenses on my Pentax adapter,
and none of them have any projections that hang up in the rectangular slots.
So far, I'm at a loss to explain it, other than the lens maybe having been
screwed on the adapter too tightly!
Maybe apply a little more rotational force?
keith whaley
