Looks like Cotty Syndrome is spreading.
Tom Simpson wrote:
> 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
>>
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