The pictures aren't very good. You can barely distinguish many of the details on the mounts.
I was also hoping for descriptive text to go with the pictures. On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote > >> For those who enjoy looking for vintage camera lenses at the local >> sales and thrift stores... >> >> http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html >> >> Looks like nice clear pictures and explanations. > > > hmmm, i'm not sold on this reference > > it says "Pentax Screw Mount" without bothering to mention it is M42 and how > widely used it is/was; the Pentax-K example seems to be a Pentax K-A; i > don't think you can distinguish "Pentax Auto-Focus K" from "Pentax-Digital" > by looking at the mount ... > > here's a reference i bookmarked long ago when i was learning some of these > things; it's not perfect either, but i like the fact it has specific tips > for lens recognition > > <http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-99.html> > > more important to me in thrifting etc. is recognizing which lenses are > special — anyone know of a quick reference of that sort? > > > > -- > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
