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nemesis101
Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 2050 Location: Oregon USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Best body for m42 and focusing screens |
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nemesis101 wrote:
I HAVE A K10D AND IT WORKS OK WITH M42 LENSES BUT I MUST CONFESS THAT USING THEM STOPPED DOWN FOR METERING IS A PAIN AND I GET JUST AS GOOD RESULTS WITH MY PANASONIC L1 (ALBEIT WITH A X2 CROP FACTOR) BUT WITH THE IMMENSES ADVANTAGE OF A HIGHLY MAGNIFIED LIVE VIEW FOR FOCUS ACCURACY WHEN REQUIRED...
DOUG
(CAPS LOCK JAMMED) I AM NOT SHOUTING!
AsahiFujicaTokina wrote: |
I have a collection of M42 lenses that I started 40 years ago, upgraded over the years, and never made the switch to bayonet. After my Mamiya bodies wore out I used these with Fujica ST and AX series bodies with an AX adapter. Now I want to use them on a digital body.
In reading so far, it would appear that the Pentax K10D suits my interest and budget the best. I have no interest in using any other than M42 manual focus lenses on my future digital body.
Q1 - Is the Pentax the "best" body in the sense that it allows the least cumbersome use of these lenses (switching between open aperture for focusing and stopped down for metering and taking???)
Q2 - What are people doing about changing the viewscreen to make manual focusing a little easier?
Q3 - What options on the adapter ring are there?
Q4 - Is there any reasonably appropriate body for these lenses with a full size chip?
Here are my lenses:
28mm f3.5 EBC Fujinon-SW
35mm f2.8 Flektagon (aus Jena)
55mm f1.8 Fujinon
50mm f1.4 SMC Takumar
105mm f2.8 SMC Takumar
135mm f2.5 SMC Takumar
200mm f4.5 EBC Fujinon-T
400mm f5.6 RMC Tokina
35-105mm f3.5-4.5 RMC Tokina
I also have extension rings, Asahi bellows and slide copier, Asahi microscope adapter, and an Asahi reversing ring. |
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Amateurs worry about equipment
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AsahiFujicaTokina
Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Posts: 4
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:01 am Post subject: |
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AsahiFujicaTokina wrote:
One of the reasons I never got rid of my screw mount lenses and bought into Nikon or Cannon (or Yashica/contax) is because I am cheap. The L1 is far outside my comfort zone price wise.
But you bring up a good point - are there non-slr cameras that screw mount lenses can be attached/adapted to? Really, the optical viewpath and mirror are pretty un-necessary when you can have a real live view on a good sized screen.
Doug H. |
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nemesis101
Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 2050 Location: Oregon USA
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:24 am Post subject: |
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nemesis101 wrote:
Any of the micro 4/3 will do just nicely.. but the L1 is really really cheap now - I saw a body only go for 210 on fleaBay.. unusually cheap but by no means unheard of!
Doug A. (lol)
AsahiFujicaTokina wrote: |
One of the reasons I never got rid of my screw mount lenses and bought into Nikon or Cannon (or Yashica/contax) is because I am cheap. The L1 is far outside my comfort zone price wise.
But you bring up a good point - are there non-slr cameras that screw mount lenses can be attached/adapted to? Really, the optical viewpath and mirror are pretty un-necessary when you can have a real live view on a good sized screen.
Doug H. |
_________________ Lenses and cameras:
Amateurs worry about equipment
Pros worry about money,
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kuuan
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4573 Location: right now: Austria
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
but Doug, I don't get it why live view is the reason to go m4/3, a Pentax K7 or K-x with 'crop' x1.5 do have live view with magnification too _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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AsahiFujicaTokina
Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Posts: 4
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:47 am Post subject: |
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AsahiFujicaTokina wrote:
So is the Kx just as user friendly as the K10 with screw mount lenses? Is it the same chip size as the K10? _________________ Fujica ST-605
2 Fujica AX3
28mm f3.5 EBC Fujinon-SW
35mm f2.8 Flektagon (aus Jena)
55mm f1.8 Fujinon
50mm f1.4 SMC Takumar
105mm f2.8 SMC Takumar
135mm f2.5 SMC Takumar
200mm f4.5 EBC Fujinon-T
200mm f3.5 Mamiya-Sekor
400mm f5.6 RMC Tokina
35-105mm f3.5-4.5 RMC Tokina
90-230mm f4.5 Soligor
M42 extension rings, Asahi bellows and slide copier, Asahi microscope adapter, Asahi reversing ring, Vivitar 2x |
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Spotmatic
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 4045 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Spotmatic wrote:
AsahiFujicaTokina wrote: |
So is the Kx just as user friendly as the K10 with screw mount lenses? Is it the same chip size as the K10? |
Yes.
BTW: I have the K-7 and it has a very good Live View. I use it almost exclusively when using MF lenses, because focusing is 100% accurate and the light is metered from the sensor. So in Av mode you almost always have an exposure that is spot on. _________________ Peter - Moderator
Pentax K-5 + Pentax 645 + Canon 5D + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical |
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kuuan
Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4573 Location: right now: Austria
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
If using M42 screwmount I'd recommend Pentax without any slight hesitation, think is the best choice: image stabilisation, good viewfinder, 'crop' of x1.5, double focus confirmation being surprisingly precise on K-x, and the live view of the K-x is decent too.
Metering in Av mode on K-x I found very unreliable though, as much as useless really ( and it worked very fine with my old Pentax *istDs ) On the K-x I use M mode and press the 'green button' to meter and that works very well, even slightly better than Av mode does on the *istDs. _________________ my photos on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections |
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blende8
Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 260 Location: Bremen, Germany
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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blende8 wrote:
kuuan wrote: |
[M42 lenses:] Metering in Av mode on K-x I found very unreliable though, as much as useless really ( and it worked very fine with my old Pentax *istDs ) On the K-x I use M mode and press the 'green button' to meter and that works very well, even slightly better than Av mode does on the *istDs. |
I am wondering why there should be any difference.
In both modes the metering is essentially the same, stopped down.
Overall I have found metering with M lenses quite unreliable in all modes.
There are many threads on this in the Pentax forums. It seems that the new screens are not linear (for light transmittance). Metering is roughly ok arround f4, but one gets underexposure at f2 and overexposure at f8 and f11. _________________ Best wishes, Wieland
K-1, K-5IIs
Pentax, mysterium quod absconditum fuit ... |
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rpo83
Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 276 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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rpo83 wrote:
Hello pentaxians....
I am looking for a little information about using Leica R lenses on the K10D.
A friend of mine had a K10D, and i am trying to find out more about the Pentax bayonet, are they all the same???
Are there and good Leica R to Pentax adapters to suit the K10D??
I look forward to your help.... _________________ Cheers
Steve
Sigma SD10, Sigma SD14, Sigma SD14R, Sigma DP1s
Leica Lenses
Elmarit R 1:2.8/16mm, Elmarit R 1:2.8/28mm, Macro Elmarit R 1:2.8/60mm, Macro Elmar R 1:4/100 Bellows, APO Telyt R 1:3.4/180mm, Telyt R 1 :4/250mm, Vario Elmar R 1:4/35-70mm ROM, Vario Elmar R 1:4.5/75-200 Novoflex... Noflexar 1:38/200mm
M42... Carl Zeiss... Pancolar 1:1.8/80, Asahi Pentax... Super Takumar 1:3.5/35mm, S-M-C Takumar 1:1.4/50mm, Jupiter... 1:2/85mm, Pentacon... 1:2.8/135mm MC,
My Flickr Page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpo83/
High Res gallery on dpreview, click original
http://www.dpreview.com/Galleries/7079430607/photos |
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56 DIN
Joined: 24 Apr 2010 Posts: 1656 Location: Germany Erbach /ODW
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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56 DIN wrote:
maybe i didn´t see it, expected to all the prof´s here to shout: Leitax
so have a look at
http://www.leitax.com/
they will probably have most of the adaptors you need to convert Leica R to Pentax.. i have one for Nikon and can tell you quality is extraordinary compared to the chinese copies _________________ Thomas
NEX & manual lenses
Nikon & manual lenses |
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rpo83
Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 276 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:56 am Post subject: |
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rpo83 wrote:
Thanks Thomas,
i was hoping for an adapter to sit in between the R mount and Pentax mount, i guess that the registration differences must be very similar.
He is thinking about getting a Canon body, so he was hoping to be able to use the R lenses on either body, it sounds like that may not be possible.
Thanks for your help. _________________ Cheers
Steve
Sigma SD10, Sigma SD14, Sigma SD14R, Sigma DP1s
Leica Lenses
Elmarit R 1:2.8/16mm, Elmarit R 1:2.8/28mm, Macro Elmarit R 1:2.8/60mm, Macro Elmar R 1:4/100 Bellows, APO Telyt R 1:3.4/180mm, Telyt R 1 :4/250mm, Vario Elmar R 1:4/35-70mm ROM, Vario Elmar R 1:4.5/75-200 Novoflex... Noflexar 1:38/200mm
M42... Carl Zeiss... Pancolar 1:1.8/80, Asahi Pentax... Super Takumar 1:3.5/35mm, S-M-C Takumar 1:1.4/50mm, Jupiter... 1:2/85mm, Pentacon... 1:2.8/135mm MC,
My Flickr Page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpo83/
High Res gallery on dpreview, click original
http://www.dpreview.com/Galleries/7079430607/photos |
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mehmetkok
Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Posts: 22 Location: istanbul-Turkey
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:59 am Post subject: |
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mehmetkok wrote:
Pentax K10D
Pentax SMC M 50mm F1.7
_________________ He is a Pentaxian....
Pentax K10D Grand Prix
Pentax SMC K 135mm f2.5
Pentax SMC M 50mm f1.7 |
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mehmetkok
Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Posts: 22 Location: istanbul-Turkey
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:03 am Post subject: |
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mehmetkok wrote:
Pentax K10D
Pentax SMC M 135mm F3.5
_________________ He is a Pentaxian....
Pentax K10D Grand Prix
Pentax SMC K 135mm f2.5
Pentax SMC M 50mm f1.7 |
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pentaxpete
Joined: 02 Dec 2011 Posts: 645 Location: BRENTWOOD England
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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pentaxpete wrote:
Pentax K10D+1980's 50mm f1.7 SMC Pentax-A at f2.8, available light
Burnham Lifeboat Standard Dedication by pentaxpete, on Flickr _________________ Long Live REAL PHOTOGRAPHY ! |
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pentaxpete
Joined: 02 Dec 2011 Posts: 645 Location: BRENTWOOD England
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:32 am Post subject: Back focus trouble -- |
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pentaxpete wrote:
Many times now i am getting 'back-focus' with my manual focus lenses on my K10D -- here is a sample-- carefully focussed as I was at full aperture f4 on my 70=150mm f4 SMC Pentax-M, available light -- Princess Anne is OUT of Focus
HRH Princess Anne visits Brentwood by pentaxpete, on Flickr _________________ Long Live REAL PHOTOGRAPHY ! |
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kansalliskala
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 5028 Location: Southern Finland countryside
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:43 am Post subject: |
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kansalliskala wrote:
Has someone used Pentax digital bodies with genuine Adaptall-2 adapter?
With 28-50?
How does it work: aperture, exposure etc? _________________ MF: Kodak DCS SLR/c; Samsung NX10; OM-10; Canon T50
Zuiko 28/3.5, Distagon 35/2.8; Yashica ML 50/2;
Zuiko 50/1.4; S-M-C 120/2.8; Zuiko 135/3.5; 200/5;
Tamron AD1 135/2.8, Soligor 180/3.5; Tamron AD1 300/5.6
Tamron zooms: 01A, Z-210
Yashicaflex C; Київ 4 + Юпитер 8, 11; Polaroid 100; Olympus XA; Yashica T3
Museum stuff: Certo-Phot; Tele-Edixon 135; Polaris 90-190; Asahi Bellows; Ixus IIs
Projects: Agfa Isolette III (no shutter), Canon AE-1D (no sensor),
Nikon D80 (dead), The "Peace Camera"
AF: Canon, Tokina, Sigma Video: JVC GZ-MG275E |
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titrisol70
Joined: 14 Dec 2021 Posts: 152 Location: State of Denial
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:31 pm Post subject: Update in 2022 |
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titrisol70 wrote:
I feel the pain of people with M42, M and K lenses
I bought a K3-iii for Xmas and was pleasantly surprised the you can also use the M and K lenses in Av mode.
The camera closes the diaphragm, meters and then shoots; yes it takes a second but I found this awesome.
In this day and age, mechanical components are more expensive than electronic, and that makes an M42-pin more difficult to adapt.
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tb_a
Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 3678 Location: Austria
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Update in 2022 |
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tb_a wrote:
titrisol70 wrote: |
I feel the pain of people with M42, M and K lenses
I bought a K3-iii for Xmas and was pleasantly surprised the you can also use the M and K lenses in Av mode.
The camera closes the diaphragm, meters and then shoots; yes it takes a second but I found this awesome.
In this day and age, mechanical components are more expensive than electronic, and that makes an M42-pin more difficult to adapt. |
Indeed, no other SLR camera manufacturer comes to my mind who is still maintaining lens compatibility from the beginning to presence; i.e. in this case more than 50 years.
Furthermore, not many are still in business, besides Pentax there is only Nikon and Canon.
Of course, there is also Leica on the RF side, but that's it. _________________ Thomas Bernardy
Manual focus lenses mainly from Minolta, Pentax, Voigtlaender, Leitz, Topcon and from Russia (too many to be listed here). |
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