I got mine yesterday. I wanted a genuine Pentax adapter. Just one. I too have adapters from e-bay but I want to check the dimensions of the genuine one for the reasons I mentioned above.
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I got mine yesterday. I wanted a genuine Pentax adapter. Just one. I too have adapters from e-bay but I want to check the dimensions of the genuine one for the reasons I mentioned above.
Digital camera wharehouse can order the genuine pentax Mount Adapter K part no 30120 from CR Kennedys, I paid $49.50 in january so your local camera store should be able to do the same.
The instructions say to intsall/fit the adapter first to the camera body and then screw in the lens, thus you only need one adapter. A ball point pen is required to click it into place. I had thought about buying at least two adapters before reading this.
Rather than buying an adpater for each m42lens I will eventually get a second body that I can dedicate to my m42 supertaks, ie., the adapter will stay fixed in this body and then its just like the old spotmatic days!
there is a bloke in California (I think definitely US) that makes all sorts of adapters, I don't have the website but found it when looking at Voitlandergier (not spelt correctly) lenses. Voitlandgeir do a adapter for their old lenses to fourthirds mount, so may be if you google this. I will try and find it again as it was a very usful website for learning about adapters.
K7, Pentax DA35Ltd, DA70Ltd, DA18-55WR, DA50-200WR, SMC-K 400f5.6; Sigma 8-16mm; Super TakumarM42 20f4.5, 24f3.5, 28f3.5, 35f3.5, 55f1.8, 135f3.5, SMC 200f4, SMC 85-210f4.5
G'day Jibbonpoint,
have a look at this website for info on adapters
http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptslr.htm
I have now learnt how to spell Voigtlander!! almost as nice as supertaks!
sorry Jibbonpoint didn't realise you had just bought an adapter I was working from an earlier reply of yours
No worries, Tim. I wouldn't mind knowing though, how much other's paid for a genuine adapter, just to check if Digidirect had a lend of me or not.Originally Posted by tim71
looks like they were twice the going price
Yep, so we don't go to Digidirect now, do we? It cost me $50 more than it should. I'll get my money's worth eventually but I won't be going there again.No problem.
site sponsor dirt cheap cameras seems to stock a bit of pentax plus they have a shop in the Sydney CBD
Well, from a link from C R Kennedy's web site, guess what?
https://www.crkennedy.com.au/pentax/...php?q=node/166
Apparently direct from Pentax Australia, an M42 - K mount adapter for $59
I would go back to digiDirect and ask them if they made a mistake.
Good idea, thanks Tim.
I bought mine from Ted's Adelaide in dec 2009 49.50.
cheers Mark
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