I have various Pentax and non Pentax 42mm screw lenses.

I Had some original screw to K adapters and bought more Chinese made ones. (Very cheap)

I unscrew the little spring on the adapters and tightly screwed the adapters on to each 42mm lens.
You can leave them on the lenses and they will hold well in the camera. never had a lens come loose.

This eliminates the problem of having to unscrew first the lens and then unclip the adapter.
Leica was a lot smarter then Pentax. They made either made the Bayonet mount body 1mm narrower or put the film plane 1 mm further back.
This enabled the screw lenses to have the Leitz adapter permanently mounted on the screw lenses.

Regards, Horst

None, all my existing lenses, except the Kit lens I bought with my K5, are FF lenses.

I just need the Camera.

Regards, Horst

Well, I am amazed by some of the negative comments towards a Pentax FF.

Why bother, if you are fully committed happy with APS-c.

Why look for negatives in a camera you would never buy and believe that APS-C 16Mp is the ultimate .
Give the once who are happy to see a FF a fair go too. I am sure, you are not forced to buy and spend your money on a FF.

It in no way denigrates the enjoyment and quality you receive from the camera you have now

With the release of a FF there are no disadvantages for the owners of the present type of sensors.
On the contrary, the existing K5 and K3 bodies will be much cheaper and you possibly can afford a second or even third camera body.
The lenses you have can still be used and the new lens releases too.

So why whinge and whine and be so negative about the future release of a FF?

bjolester wrote:

How perfectly commented.

Regards, Horst

Darkmunk wrote:

Hard disk space is cheap. I can buy a 2 terabyte for about 80 dollars.
Every time you load an updated version of some application software or of course a later version of Windows, the file size virtually doubles.

I would say, the sensor does not just have more pixels, but also improvements in sensitivity and lower noise. See the increase to ASA 100,000. I have seen the images taken with the 645Z at 50,000 ASA and they are still fantastic.
Things improve all the time.

You have to start somewhere. many of us have excellent Pentax FF lenses. Ther is no way, I would throw away my FA limited lenses, Just because they are not the latest. lets face it many lenses are also old when used with the digital cameras as Pentax have them now and perform stellar.

I am glad the inbuilt flash may be missing.
Maybe Pentax will release a second simplified and therefore cheaper model without the crop feature.

That's the one I would buy.

Regards, Horst

Well I can hardly wait until the end of the year 2015.
I am already saving my coins .
Once a Pentax full frame is on the marked, that will be the end of my K5.

I have plenty of Pentax lenses . Only 1 of them is for APS-C only. The kit lens which came with the K5.

At least then, my 50mm lens will be a 50mm lens again. I have tried the FA35 f2 and the FA31f1.9 to simulate the 50mm as suggested by some forum members, but the images look somewhat different.

A 35mm lens on an APS-C is definitely not the same, as a 50mm on a FF..

Great news. I am saving.

Regards, Horst

Johnathan-Mac wrote:

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This days, I don't think it is as important anymore to have the super large openings for traveling. The enormous advances in the ISO low noise improvement and the shake reduction feature easily compensates for the extra 2 or 3 f-stops which of course add a great amount of weight to any lens.

Regards, Horst

Great pictures Gary.
My favorite is the long straight road.

Of course the others are superb too.

Regards, Horst

I have quite a few Pentax and some 3rd party lenses, I use them sometimes. But I always come back to my favorite Pentax SMC-F 35 - 70 f3.5to 4.5 macro lens.
It is always sharp and clean at every focal length. It is light, quite rugged . The macro is not bad and it was very inexpensive.

The focal length t suits me fine. So what, if one has to move a bit forwards or backwards.
It also has a 49mm filter thread.

You can sometimes get it for 35 or 40 Dollars on Ebay.

Regards, Horst

Big Deal, some more Chinese crap. Some half baked lens, (no Auto focus, and paper guarantee, but no real life guarantee.).

Why would anybody Encourage more Chinese crap if you can buy a Pentax 50mm macro, 100mm macro or a 90mm Sigma and similar Japanese lenses for the same cost?

All the Chinese manufacturers are trying to do , is to damage other countries industries with cheap labour manufactured goods.

Don,t buy Chinese goods if there are alternatives.

Regards, Horst

Thanks, that's a good chart to have.

Maybe Pentax/Rico is really thinking about a FF.

Regards, Horst