This happened on my MX and I had to undo the screws that held the K-mount to the body and remove the entire mount. At that point I was able to disengage the flat spring that locks the M42 adapter into the K-mount. After that I got a genuine Pentax adapter and discarded the third party one that had caused the trouble.
That procedure was relatively safe on the MX which doesn't have any electrical contacts in the mount. With the PZ70 you have the complication of all of the AE contacts. I'm not sure how the contacts are held in place and removing the mount may result in a lot of very small and fiddly parts falling into your lap Paul. On 08/08/2010, at 10:56 AM, Jerry in Arizona wrote: > OK, this may sound stupid but I hope to get some advice on using the PENTAX > M42-PK adapter. I recently bought a non OEM adapter and it is now > permanently > stuck in an old K mount camera (PZ-70). Luckily I tested it first. I don't > want to repeat that on my K20D. I guess the most important part is getting > it > out. All advice and help greatfully requested. > > Jerry > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
