This ones dead easy

Buy a T2 M42 adapter. one_on_ebay_link
Undo the 3 grub screws and remove the inner ring which
isn't needed.

The adapter will fit over the K bayonet on the end of
a short extension tube or directly to lens.

Lightly tighten the 3 grub screws attach to bellows,
mark with a piece of tape on the T2 ring where the
top of the T2 ring (TDC) is when screwed home.

Remove T2 from bellows slacken screws and rotate so that the
K mount is in the normal position.

Tighten the grub screws so that each one is recessed into
the T2 mount by the same amount so that the extension tube
is centred.... there's about 1.5mm of play.

Use

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I came across this video by accident I was looking to see what the word "Mattalie" means, I've heard it in two songs..... anyone know?

I normally can't stand videos made from stills, but the quality of the original photos on this one and the way it has been put together is really top drawer stuff.

Any budding wedding togs can learn a lot from the poses used. The lighting is really good throughout even the flash shots. Also some really good soft focus (at 4min 20sec) ..... no idea how it was produced.... doesn't look like a filter... soft lens maybe. Good tog whoever it was.

http://vimeo.com/10373407

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And I though it was all Black Magic!

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First car and worst car I ever had Ever heard of
rust

Made me wish I had a Trabant

They have an unused one in a museum in Liverpool
along with Rameses Girdle....

Anglia Reg: 1 KF LINK

Mine was also a Liverpool number and the plate would
have been worth a bit today 102* KD

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All great shots except the Anglia.... which shouldn't
be allowed on a track

I bet the fire was caused by the driver having a Pentax camera
with a cheap ebay battery in it!

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Have the Cisco Kid and Pancho been through here

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It's not uncommon to have one poor battery in a set of 4.
I've just charged up 4 Chinese made Panasonic batteries
that I only use in LED lights etc. because one had shown
low capacity 1620 instead of 2100. It's improved slightly
on this charge, but unlikely to get much better. This
charger can actually be left running for days and it will
stop when it thinks a battery isn't going to improve capacity
wise from the last charge.

The charger cost £30 from Amazon and has paid for itself over
and over....






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The only person that would be interested in the job lot
would be someone who hasn't got any lenses at all

It's not just Pentax... my 1st digital in 1999 a Nikon 700
would only work on Panasonic or Sanyo batteries.... My 2nd
a Minolta F300 was also fussy.

Pentax aren't to know that you aren't using top grade
batteries in the camera.

I've still got some Ansmann 2200 and Hama 2600 that
won't work in a camera so I use them on LED lights etc.

I've just charged and tested some Panasonic 2000's from
1999 and they are still showing 1650mah after being
hammered for 14 years in about 4 cameras... sadly no
longer available. The latest Panasonic Infiniums aren't
as good.

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It's not a Trackball in as much as the ball is controlled
with the fingers in the same way as a mouse and not
with the palm of the hand.

The first finger is used to rotate the ball and the thumb
and 3rd finger work the buttons. The 2nd finger can be used
along with the 1st to rotate the ball, but it's not essential.
Finger control of the cursor is a lot more precise than
arm movement with a mouse.

One big advantage over a mouse is that the cursor stays where
you put in when you take your finger off the ball.... so for
something like a NEXT button when looking through photos you
just keep hitting the thumb button.

The arm/wrist is always rested on the contours of the
Trackman body which is a very comfortable position.

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