Really? That surprises me as I thought the SMCT mounting was the same as the ST. They are both M42 lenses. What's the difference between them?
Shel > [Original Message] > From: P. J. Alling > Nothing I know of, but then again the only M42 lens I'm likely to use on > a digital camera is the SMCT 135 f2.5 which covers the contacts nicely. > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >In another thread JCO and Adam > > are going at it about how easy/difficult it > > may be to focus the DSLR's with an > > M42 lens stopped down. I decided to see > > for myself how hard it would be to focus > > (it's not at all difficult). In > >so doing I could see that the various contacts > > on the lens mount were > > exposed. Is there some way to cover those > > contacts while using a screw > >mount lens? Any suggestions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
