K adaptor for M42 screw mount lens

denniskee · 8th January 2005

I had recently got my hands on 2pcs of super takumar lens, now searching for the "k" adaptor. Can anyone pls advice where to get and how much is it?

Thanks.

tiong78 · 8th January 2005

photographix, lucky chinatown, 35 SGD.cant remember 2nd or 3rd level. open ard 3pm

whoelse · 8th January 2005

Get the original, it's day and night different. If you use both then u can tell.

denniskee · 8th January 2005

I have tried that, but it has 2 catch.

Unless the fix it onto a lens perm. else when you change lens, the M42 screw mount lens will be unscrewed, leaving the adaptor on the camera.

Need to use small pins to click the 2 catch inorder to remove it.

I have 2 original "K" mount lens, 3 screw mount lens. So it diff to change lens this way.

Had anyone used a M42 to "K" adaptor without catch?

blurblock · 8th January 2005

Originally Posted by denniskee

I have tried that, but it has 2 catch.

Unless the fix it onto a lens perm. else when you change lens, the M42 screw mount lens will be unscrewed, leaving the adaptor on the camera.

Need to use small pins to click the 2 catch inorder to remove it.

I have 2 original "K" mount lens, 3 screw mount lens. So it diff to change lens this way.

Had anyone used a M42 to "K" adaptor without catch?

I always thought that was the main idea? To leave the adapter in the camera when you unscrew the M42 lens, if not just think what will happen if it drop off when you are taking a picture halfway?

whoelse · 9th January 2005

Original one so well manufactured and can remove w/o tools. That is why original do not come with tool. Only the adapter, joy to use.

I actually like manual/automatic m42 len cos when u do metering, the len actually stopdown to the condition where the meter do the actual reading. The modern manual len are faster and the ttl wont be darken when metering but I've seen too many k-mount that has not been properly calibrated on the len-coupling. well not that many actually, but I've fix a few of used len I purchased on the net.

denniskee · 9th January 2005

Originally Posted by blurblock

I always thought that was the main idea? To leave the adapter in the camera when you unscrew the M42 lens, if not just think what will happen if it drop off when you are taking a picture halfway?

No, M42 to EOS adaptor not like that, it has no catch, but lens still hold in place with no problem. No problem when unmounting the lens together with adaptor.

I still have 2 pcs of "K" mount lens to use, so the adaptor must come off together with the lens.

whoelse · 10th January 2005

EOS ya lah. but the original post is M42 to K-mount mah. Asahi where got original EOS? :B

blurblock · 10th January 2005

Originally Posted by denniskee

No, M42 to EOS adaptor not like that, it has no catch, but lens still hold in place with no problem. No problem when unmounting the lens together with adaptor.

I still have 2 pcs of "K" mount lens to use, so the adaptor must come off together with the lens.

The design of K mount and EOS mount is different mah .... EOS / Nikon / Minolta mount uses external catch to hold the lens, K mount don't ...

denniskee · 13th January 2005

Actually, for M42 to EOS adaptor, there is no catch what so ever to hold the lens, but just the M42 screw. Without pressing the lens release button on the camera body, the lens will be unscrew from the adaptor, leaving the adaptor on the body.

For the M42 to "K" adaptor, you cant remove the lens together with the adpator even if you press the lens release button on the camera body. Only the lens will be unscrewed. To remove the adaptor, you need the tool that come with the adaptor.

Else, you have to fix the adaptor to the lens, which in this case, I want to share 1 adaptor with 3 M42 screw mount lens. As I mentioned, I also have 2 original "K" mount lens. It will be very difficult to change lens between the 2 different types of mounting.

RGDs
D.K.

blurblock · 13th January 2005

Funny ..... my M42 to K body adapter does not come with tools to release it from the body

..... my M42 to Minolta body adapter dislocate itself when I press the release mount button on the Minolta body ........ If I want to release the screw mount only, I would only need to unscrew the lens.

tiong78 · 13th January 2005

no need tools mah. got a bit of finger nail is enuff for the m42 to K adaptor.

8th January 2005	#1
denniskee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: bukit batok Posts: 4,214	K adaptor for M42 screw mount lens I had recently got my hands on 2pcs of super takumar lens, now searching for the "k" adaptor. Can anyone pls advice where to get and how much is it? Thanks. __________________ photography makes one sees things from all angles.

8th January 2005	#4
denniskee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: bukit batok Posts: 4,214	I have tried that, but it has 2 catch. Unless the fix it onto a lens perm. else when you change lens, the M42 screw mount lens will be unscrewed, leaving the adaptor on the camera. Need to use small pins to click the 2 catch inorder to remove it. I have 2 original "K" mount lens, 3 screw mount lens. So it diff to change lens this way. Had anyone used a M42 to "K" adaptor without catch? __________________ photography makes one sees things from all angles.

9th January 2005	#6
whoelse Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,227	Original one so well manufactured and can remove w/o tools. That is why original do not come with tool. Only the adapter, joy to use. I actually like manual/automatic m42 len cos when u do metering, the len actually stopdown to the condition where the meter do the actual reading. The modern manual len are faster and the ttl wont be darken when metering but I've seen too many k-mount that has not been properly calibrated on the len-coupling. well not that many actually, but I've fix a few of used len I purchased on the net. Last edited by whoelse; 9th January 2005 at 08:14 PM.

13th January 2005	#10
denniskee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: bukit batok Posts: 4,214	Actually, for M42 to EOS adaptor, there is no catch what so ever to hold the lens, but just the M42 screw. Without pressing the lens release button on the camera body, the lens will be unscrew from the adaptor, leaving the adaptor on the body. For the M42 to "K" adaptor, you cant remove the lens together with the adpator even if you press the lens release button on the camera body. Only the lens will be unscrewed. To remove the adaptor, you need the tool that come with the adaptor. Else, you have to fix the adaptor to the lens, which in this case, I want to share 1 adaptor with 3 M42 screw mount lens. As I mentioned, I also have 2 original "K" mount lens. It will be very difficult to change lens between the 2 different types of mounting. RGDs D.K. __________________ photography makes one sees things from all angles.

8th January 2005	#2
tiong78 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: serangoon nth Posts: 532	photographix, lucky chinatown, 35 SGD.cant remember 2nd or 3rd level. open ard 3pm

10th January 2005	#8
whoelse Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,227	EOS ya lah. but the original post is M42 to K-mount mah. Asahi where got original EOS? :B

13th January 2005	#11
blurblock Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,837	Funny ..... my M42 to K body adapter does not come with tools to release it from the body ..... my M42 to Minolta body adapter dislocate itself when I press the release mount button on the Minolta body ........ If I want to release the screw mount only, I would only need to unscrew the lens.