eBay is loaded not only with FD lenses, but good Miranda, Minolta, etc. glass. I saw a 600mm Soligor C/D for Miranda languish and not sell for stupidly small money just recently. I have to say that, as a fan of Soligor C/D lenses and a non-fan of the orphaned Miranda mount, it kinda' annoyed me.
I have absolutely no respect for equipment that is useless and will cheerfully modify it until it is not useless anymore. Along with this bad attitude of mine, I have a lathe and a milling machine. Now, lets talk flange distances, etc. :-) -Tom Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: > I'm about to propose a heresy. > Nothing that G K Chesterton or Cornelius Plantinga would write about, > but heresy never the less. > > It's come to my attention that a lot of old FD mount lenses are going > pretty cheap. And the breech system attached to the > outside of the body, not really internal .... soo > Remove the mount from an old Canon body and fuse it to a screw-mount > adapter and voila -- a Canon-> Pentax adapter. > Then just remove the aperture coupling from the lens. > > Next time I find an old FD body and lens that's worthless, I may give > it a try. (I just saw an old Canon 300/4.5 going > for a modest price and this idea entered my mind ...) > > Yes, it is heresy. But can I be cleansed? Somebody help me ... I've fallen. > (Or is this a heresy/project better suited to Cotty?) > > > > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://www.brendemuehl.net > http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com > http://philosophyforchristians.blogspot.com > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
