My perspective on this is: If you use one brand of camera as we do, unless you are a total newbie, you already know the Pentax system, and either have or know where you can find out. The PDML is where you would go to find out that you should go to <http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/> for descriptions and drawings of the various lens mounts through Pentax history.
These are useless unless someone gives you a lens that they, and you, have no idea what it might fit. So tuck the URLs away somewhere in your browser, and get on with it. On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:32 , David Parsons wrote: > 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> Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- 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.
