> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:17 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> > wrote: > These will only work properly with M42 screw mount lenses. Pentax stopped > making lenses in this mount in the mid 1970s. To use them on any K mount > camera either film or digital you will have to get a Pentax M42 to K mount > adapter. Some third party adapters compromise infintiy focus, but that > probably isn't an issue for macro shooting with extension tubes. It will be > if you wish to not use the tubes. If you want to use these with some of the > later film cameras, mostly the low end MZ/ZX series film cameras, won't even > allow you to fire their shutters without an A mount or later lens. The only > relatively high level camera you have to worry about not working is the Film > *ist. I may have forgotten something but I'm sure others will fill in or > contradict me if I'm wrong, or if they just feel contrary.
A detail that I had left out is that I already have a bunch of m42 super taks growing in my closet and am somewhat used to shooting them on my K-x. --------------------------- Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
