- those screwmount lenses are awfully slow to change. (Taka) >Interesting. I just got my first bayonet mount camera a few months ago, >after having used screwmounts exclusively since purchasing my first >Practika 30 years ago. I actually find it easier and faster to change a >screwmount lens! No lining up little dots (which I find a real PIA in >the dark). It's just a matter of what one is used to, I guess. (Frank)
I have been travelling in the eighties with two screwmount adapted MX (one for b&w, the other for chromes), a 55mm on one and a 28mm on the other and would interchange them often. The 2 cameras laying on their back in my open fanny pack, I would grab both lenses, unscrew them, depose them (crossed hands) at about the right place on their respective bodies, unscrew them half an inch to insure the open thread is passed and rescrew them. Within, I'd say, 5 or 6 seconds if I'm a bit nervous. More if relaxed or too nervous... (UFOs etc.) I've never done this repeatedly with K-mount stuff but I guess that with a bit of practice I could do as fast or faster. I should try it, I still use such a fanny pack. I cannot do that switch with the padded Lowe-Pro Orion as I put the cameras vertically (or it wouldn't make sense to use such a big fanny). With the unpadded fanny, I use my own padding as the bodies (leather covered) rest on the top of my buttocks. The central bone is between the bodies. You can really pack this thing if you want (airports, etc.). The third lens (100mm macro) usually don't stay on a body if I really have to walk after the macro session. Feels unbalanced. Andre Langevin -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
