M42 Infinity Problem
Posted 01/08/2012 - 19:28 - Helpful Comment
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I think your problem is the adaptor, you need one that allows focus to infinity. These dont have the flange plate to the front and fit flush with the mount of the camera mount.
This is the pentax one
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/156/Pentax-Mount-Adapter-K.html
I use one i got from ebay like this and it works fine. They can be i bit tricky to get on and off.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M42-42mm-to-PK-K-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Adaptor-Ring-Infin...
I made exactly the same mistake when i first got an M42 lens
This is the pentax one
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/156/Pentax-Mount-Adapter-K.html
I use one i got from ebay like this and it works fine. They can be i bit tricky to get on and off.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M42-42mm-to-PK-K-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Adaptor-Ring-Infin...
I made exactly the same mistake when i first got an M42 lens
Posted 01/08/2012 - 19:39 - Helpful Comment
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Sounds like it to me too. The principle of the Pentax adapter is that it converts a K mount body to M42. You attach the adapter to the lens and attach it to the camera body, you then unscrew the lens from the body leaving the adapter temporarily inside the mount
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 01/08/2012 - 19:53
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Cheers guys, I'll have to order one of those and give it a go
Posted 01/08/2012 - 19:57 - Helpful Comment
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punkrockemo wrote:
I think your problem is the adaptor, you need one that allows focus to infinity. These dont have the flange plate to the front and fit flush with the mount of the camera mount.
This is the pentax one
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/156/Pentax-Mount-Adapter-K.html
I use one i got from ebay like this and it works fine. They can be i bit tricky to get on and off.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M42-42mm-to-PK-K-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Adaptor-Ring-Infin...
I made exactly the same mistake when i first got an M42 lens
If you get the ebay version - remove the spring.I think your problem is the adaptor, you need one that allows focus to infinity. These dont have the flange plate to the front and fit flush with the mount of the camera mount.
This is the pentax one
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/156/Pentax-Mount-Adapter-K.html
I use one i got from ebay like this and it works fine. They can be i bit tricky to get on and off.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M42-42mm-to-PK-K-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Adaptor-Ring-Infin...
I made exactly the same mistake when i first got an M42 lens
It won't lock up in the camera then
regards
Bernard
Posted 01/08/2012 - 20:57
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Oh yes it will
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