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Started by webjetter2
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:00
Pentax Spotmatic II ... do the Takumar lenses fit elsewhere?
Author: webjetter2
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:00
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Hi everyone, I hope someone can answer this question for me. I have a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic II. Since the light meter on this fully manual camera is broken and I'm having a tough time figuring out the settings, I wondered if the screw mount lenses will fit on any other camera body. They are Super Multi Coated Takumar lenses -- 28mm, 50mm, and 200mm. Also wondered if the Vivitar 251 flash will fit on another body. I'd love to be able to put these lenses and flash on another camera body with automatic AND manual features, so if anyone has knowledge of this, I'd greatly appreciate some help! Thanks, Deborah phone4cents (to email me put that user name in front of @telebot.net) ___________________________________________________________________ Flat rate 7.5 cents/minute residential or commercial long distance Phone cards 5 cents/minute Outstanding international rates www.visitweb.com/phone4cents -- save 50% or more! -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Re: Pentax Spotmatic II ... do the Takumar lenses fit elsewhere?
Author: Tony Zoccolillo
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:00
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The Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumars and SMC Takumars have a 2nd pin which allows for open aperture metering on cameras like the Spotmatic F, ES and ESII. The SPF is a manual camera much like the SPII but includes a shutter release lock and the ability to utilize the 2nd pin. The ES and ESII are models with aperture preferred auto-exposure that also work with the 2nd pin. The ESII would be the most desireable Pentax to get to best utilize these lenses. You could also get a screw mount to K-mount adapter and use these lenses on any K-mount body including the modern autofocus bodies like the ZX-5n. You don't get open aperture metering or autofocus with these bodies though. You can also get adapters to other manufacturer camera bodies, but beware that the 2nd pin of the SMC lenses often prevents the use of these adapters. I have a screw mount to Rolleiflex QBM mount adapter and I can only use Super-Takumar or earlier lenses with it because the 2nd pin of the SMCs prevents proper mounting. I would recommend either the Pentax ESII or the SPF bodies, or if you don't mind stopped down metering, you could get an modern body (ZX-M, ZX-10, ZX-5n) which gets you into the world of autofocus and effectively will work the same as the SPII when in manual model. regards, TZ webjetter2@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7gc9sq$l8v$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > >Hi everyone, >I'm having a tough time figuring out the settings, I wondered if the screw >mount lenses will fit on any other camera body. They are Super Multi Coated >Takumar lenses -- 28mm, 50mm, and 200mm. Also wondered if the Vivitar 251 >flash will fit on another body.
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