Juriy Lukin wrote:
2009/7/8 P. J. Alling <[email protected]>:
It's a precision cut piece of steal, and the price hadn't changed in 20-30
years. The new price does seem a bit excessive.
Nope. Lomo's adapter costs about $9 and has the same quality.
I've heard stories about non Pentax/Asahi adapters getting stuck. Some
third party adapters have flanges that won't allow the lens to focus to
infinity. Thirty years ago, (damn that makes me feel old), when I
bought my first MX, I bought an Asahi Optical Co. M42 to K mount
adapter, I paid $19.99 discounted from the list price of $35.99. I
thought they outrageously expensive then. I bought my second from e-bay
about 5 years ago, also an Asahi Optical Co. for about $5.00, new ones
labeled Pentax Corp. were selling for gasp about $30.00. There's
really nothing short of smashing them between a hammer on an anvil that
can go really wrong with them, so look for a used one on ebay.
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