You lose automatic diaphragm though. -- Cheers, Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 December 2005 23:38 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Zeiss lenses for Pentax, etc.? > > They'll work on Canon, there's a C/Y adaptor to EOS. Pretty > popular these days actually. > > -Adam > > > Bob W wrote: > > >which is a damn shame because I have at least 12 Contax CZ > lenses, and > >I'd quite a like a digital body to put them on. > > > >-- > >Cheers, > > Bob > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >[...] > > > > > >>>i am curious if zeiss C/Y lenses can be mounted on K > >>> > >>> > >>bodies: the F-F > >> > >> > >>>distance seems to be the same in both. > >>> > >>> > >>No. They bayonets are functionally almost identical but > dimensionally > >>different. The K mount came from the short-lived Zeiss/ Pentax > >>collaboration that fell apart and left Zeiss to go to Yashica. > >> > >>Bob > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
