Both are absolutely gorgeous.

That is correct, but if you remove the central adapter from a T2
mount it's the same as a T mount.

The T in T Mount is supposed to refer to Tamron... so there
should be no problems with their lenses.... see...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-mount

http://www.samyang.co.uk/samyang-t2-mount.html

An M42 T Mount will fit onto a plain K extension tube (no
aperture lever or cut it off) to make an M42 to K Lens
adapter for macro work. It's secured by the 3 grub screws
these don't seem to be available commercially.

Sorry I didn't realize that it was supposed to look like flare
In that case you original shot is probably about what I was
aiming for

I originally did a Prt Scr and pasted it into Corel Photo Paint to
see what the lowest black was and it was around 30 RGB so I saved
a copy cropped it and held the whites and mid-tones and moved the
black down then adjusted the Brightness/Contrast/Intensity.
Only took about 30 secs so I may as well post it for you
to see even though the original should be better.

Extra black added



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Brightness/Contrast/Intensity adjusted



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I'm quite sure that a T2 is just a T with the insert, held
by the 3 grubscrews and there are loads of these with a
KM fitting on ebay.

example_ebay

You should be able to get one off ebay from the UK and
for about £6..... Jessops did one which often comes up.

Don't buy a SH one the grubscrews are often damaged.

By T-Mount do you mean the one held on by 3 grub screws
or was it just screwed on (42mm x 0.75mm thread), I've
only ever used T2 so I'm not sure of the fixing

In which case a T2 Mount should work they are backwards
compatible. Make sure you get the Pentax K one.

Excellently captured.... very rare to see them like that.

Just had a play around with the RHS of the Elizabeth Tate shot.
It can be darkened quite easily to match the LHS shot. Something
that couldn't be done with film shots.

If you want me to post it here just let me know?

Some really nice photos here and on your blog and website.

You want to be careful though with B&W's... anyone coming from the
film era will find any pictures not containing 'maximum black'
totally unacceptable and immediately reject them
(See 2nd shot of Elizabeth Tate. Contrast is also low).

Very dark black used to be the most desirable part of B&W
photography, you normally had to rate the film at half of the
ISO the manufacturer suggested to achieve it. The prints had
to be on Glossy Paper because that had the highest 'maximum black'

Most of the other shots do have the black correct

If a converter has all the electrical contacts it just passes
the lens FL straight through.... so basically your stuck with
that... It seems to work though.

With a basic TC you can enter the FL so you can allow for the TC.

Should sell OK when SRS drop them to £429