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Jesito
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 5745 Location: Olivella, Catalonia, (Spain)
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject: Fixing a malformed NX-M42 adapter |
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Jesito wrote:
Even the trustable sellers, from time to time provide something not in good shape. This is the case of two NX-M42 adapters that our colleague jlsa05 ordered from Big_is. We have always bought from that trustable seller. This time the adapters were malformed:
Although it seems okay, when trying to put on the NX100, we find some problems. In the first place, when aligned into position, it doesn't fit at all:
That was enough to claim Big_Is, and we have to admit they reacted quickly and professionally: they reimbursed jlsa05.
After a few days, jlsao5 and myself met to have a coffea and to talk about photography. In the conversation, the problem with the bad adapter arouse. We took a second look at the adapter and found out that the adapter fit into the camera if we rotate it some 65 degrees from the initial position, letting the red mark and the label at the bottom side:
Then we tried to rotate it, to try to lock it. The adapter rotated and at the end didn't lock. It was clear, there was no retaining hole in that side. Anyway, it could be used but not securely, because without a lock, the adapter could go out when trying to focus a lens.
So we decided not to use it.
Today I was playing with the NX100 and was trying to shot a scene where my Jupiter-9 would have been my choice. But I had no trustable adapter. So I took the malformed one and looked where the retaining hole shoulld be, by aligning to the unlock button, and marked it with a white permanent marker:
Then, I transferred the mark to the inside of the adapter. The retaining pin lets a trace, so it was quite easy to spot where the hole should be:
Next, to drill the hole with a bit of 2.5mm:
Some strong brushing, and tried into the cam. Okay, this time the adapter got locked!.
Now the finishing: First to paint the old red dot in black, to avoid confussion:
Then to paint an aligning dot in the right place. I put a spot of blue nail polish (by now), not very cleanly set, just enough to show how the alignment is. I'll improve it by making a small hole and fill it with red paint.
And that's all!. Tomorrow (today the light has gone) will be trying it outside. This is how it looks on the NX100 now:
Regards,
Jes. _________________ Jesito, Moderator
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greg
Joined: 21 Mar 2009 Posts: 683
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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greg wrote:
Thanks for the tip, my adapter from that seller is on its way to me. |
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Jesito
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 5745 Location: Olivella, Catalonia, (Spain)
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Jesito wrote:
greg wrote: |
Thanks for the tip, my adapter from that seller is on its way to me. |
I hope they fixed them, if not, you know the way (an eBay claim to get your funds back and some "bricolage").
Regards,
Jes. _________________ Jesito, Moderator
Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
CSCCanon EOS-M, Samsung NX100 and NX210, Lumix G5, NEX-F3 |
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cmeier
Joined: 02 Mar 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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cmeier wrote:
Hello all, I am new to mflenses.com & to using manual focus lenses on digital bodies in general.
I had the same problem, with two adapters I ordered from big-is, one for M42, one for Pentax K.
I solved the issue slightly differently, and wrote a short post in case someone had the same problem.
big-is partially refunded me for the inconvenience and seems to no longer be selling those adapters.
EDIT: Don't know why the above link doesn't work, it does in preview. Here is the URL: http://camilomeier.tumblr.com/post/18626769874/m42-pentax-k-adapters-make-them-fit-to-nx-body |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
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Items on sale on Ebay
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Attila wrote:
Welcome!
Many thanks to sharing this great info here. Url, images are disabled to new members (spam prevention) from now you able to send both.
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Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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greg
Joined: 21 Mar 2009 Posts: 683
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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greg wrote:
Update to this subject - I received my adapter from BIG_IS and it is the same as the one you are mentioning in your topic. Seems he is still selling and shipping old stock.
With the post above, I now have to decide which method to use to fix my problem.
In the meantime, I have place BIG-IS in my mental category of 'skip over his offerings'. |
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