That’s good information! It’s also best to buy Super Takumars and SMC Takumars the Auto/Manual switch is an important feature. You can compose and focus with the iris open then flick the switch from A to M to stop down to meter and expose. I look for an A/M switch or a preset iris ring on any m42 lenses. I think lenses without these mechanisms end up being useable at full aperture because the camera can’t stop them down.
@RobinStrower
Жыл бұрын
It holds on the camera because it is a PENTAX, built like a tank. Great video
@jakerunsabroad
11 ай бұрын
I'm going to try this Eddy, thanks! I have that old sweet Soviet era Helios 58mm f/2 and it works well on the old Fuji X-Pro 1.
@alandaniel7606
Жыл бұрын
Nice video Eddy and a great bit of info to share. The only M42 I've had problems with doing this is the 200/3.5 with it's long focus throw. Too often I found I was unscrewing the lens, to the point where it came off in my hand (luckily). Maybe my 200 copy is a bit sticky so it torques the adapter more than usual but it seems to need the locking spring. All the other Taks have the spring removed and it works a treat.
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Alan and yeh I should imagine with a weighter longer Tak like the 200/3.5 (and that stickier focus) that this could be a problem, I should have put user discretion warning! 😁 Fortunately I think the smaller Taks have such buttery smooth focus and are light that it's really not an issue (like you say).
@PiDsPagePrototypes
Жыл бұрын
Yup, some m42's are damn fine lenses. TBH, surprised no one's done a better adapter in the last 40 years
@PentaxTips
Жыл бұрын
nice video Eddy, well done!
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sparkleglitch13
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I have 2 K&F ones that I use occasionally on my MX but most of the time I prefer the other features the M and A series lenses provide so stick with them. And then just use the M42 ones on my Praktica MTL. I have the full-size K to XF and K to M42 adapters for the Fuji as well and use them sometimes. You’r reminding me maybe I could put some vintage glass on my camera again and just have fun
@cdmikelis
Жыл бұрын
Nice. 3:20, why would ever want to take off the adapter from lens? it's one time job, even if lens going to be sold. In that case, a good old heavy duty leather glove will do it. It's nice we can use ancient lenses almost natively.
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I have not removed the adapter since putting it on the lenses :)
@alandaniel7606
Жыл бұрын
@@SummersSnaps The K mount rear lens cap makes a great spanner for getting the adapter off the lens. Saves a lot of unnecessary bloodshed. 🙂
@richardwhitehand5414
Жыл бұрын
Nice. What I have a problem with is that if you mainly use the viewfinder you can miss to set the focal length after changing lens. The prompt comes up on the screen but if you press the shutter then it is the same as OKing it and you can carry on shooting but with the focal length set wrong which screws up the IBIS and can lead to more blur as the camera is compensating for the wrong focal length.
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
I might be wrong, but I think you can save a focal length for a lens under a Custom User Mode. So for example if I often used my Takumar 50/1.4 then I could set U1 to being 50mm and then whenever I use that lens quickly toggle to U1 if I forget or skip the input. Also... I think you can also hit the Info shortcut key and have a shortcut in that section to change the focal length of the lens attached. Maybe this helps. Cheers for commenting!
@richardwhitehand5414
Жыл бұрын
@@SummersSnaps Yeah, but the problem is that I simply forget I need to do this and miss the prompt on the rear screen. With only one old lens it isn't an issue as it always defaults to the previously used focal length...but I have several. The best solution would be a custom setting "Force focal length choice for manual lenses" so you can choose to have the camera require an active choice/confirmation via the OK button (then those changing frequently between several manual lenses can enable this if they want, and avoid the problem).
@xmeda
Жыл бұрын
It is standard to put the adaptor on the lens and then put it on camera. Not in camera first. Then you remove lens and adaptor stays in camera, so you can chage multiple M42 lenses until finished shooting with them, then you remove adaptor. And if you want to show something interesting, try to find F1.7x AF Adapter aka 1.7 AF Teleconverter. That turns any lens into semi-AF lens.. of course including these M42s. As a bonus you can quickly switch whole combo with any K mount lens as the adaptor has standard KAF mount. The only downside of that adaptor is, that wide lens is not wide any more (1.7x). But it works even with modern lenses like Sigma 70-200/2.8 HSMII or Sigma 100-300/4 etc.. so I have two :D -- Pentax original P/M42 adaptor is machined out of good quality stainless steel. Those cheap crappy ones are usually brass, aluminum or non-stainless soft steel and quite often those jam both in camera bayonet and thread. It has one flaw tho - it does not provide metal/metal short circuit in case you use lenses that have painted bottom. Lets say M42 Helios 44M4 or even some that are not touching bayonet like Pentacon 135/2.8 or Pentacon 200/4. Then you need some metal foil ring to provide such interconnection between all pins to tell the camera, that M metering should work. I have copper ring cut by laser that is about 0,3mm thick and fits perfectly between M42 lens and mount doing the job. Without it some functions are not available or are not working correctly. Like spot metering on green button in M or even SR is not reliable with long lenses and long shutters unless bayonet pins are short-circuited. Some of those 3rd party M42 adaptors have own flange that provides this. But you need to check material and be careful not to tighten the lens too much with those to preven disaster. -- I just wonder why the original is now so expensive. I bought mine for about $16 in 2008 and then when Ricoh started take-over in 2009/2010 suddently the price skyrocketed to something like $70 and since then it very slowly moved to current price. (Similar with O-ICK1 cleaning kit price. It was about $35 when I bought mine in early 2008 and then it more than doubled the price. At least that one from 2008 still does the job and I sitll have 1/2 of those sticky papers unused. You just need to use every bit of the paper before turning page for new clean one .)
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of Pentax/Ricoh prices increase in a short space of time. It baffles me that in 2018 I bought the K-1 for $2300 from a physical store here in Australia but fast forward 5yrs and it still sells $3400.. so this price hike seems universal across the entire product range and not just limited to oddities like adapters and cleaning kits. I had heard only recently about that 1.7x AF adapter thing, quite cool! Though losing fast apertures kinda makes it a deal breaker for me. There is a Fotodiox adapter for Fuji that can do something similar, thinking of getting that for my Fuji XH2S and gaining some AF.S+Eye Detection with the Takumar 50/1.4 8e (with the added benefit of infinity focus and closer minimum focus distance and no cripple of the aperture). We'll see... half the alure of these Taks is the joyous manual focus feel :) I think the biggest complaint for most people is they are switching between regular K Mount and M42 glass and thus the process becomes annoying as it was intended, I have found this 'hack' to being a viable compromise for even demanding shoots like event work or long hikes. Thanks for commenting!
@xmeda
Жыл бұрын
@@SummersSnaps btw my favourite M42 shooter is K20D. That camera has very low-res pixelated live-view (it was first Pentax with LV) but it enlarges view just by turning back wheel without the need of pushing anything and that pixelated view is surprisingly good to show what is in focus like some focusing aids with zebra do. Also that camera does the metering cycle properly even if contacts are not shorted. So I can leave the adaptor in it and use it as 2nd body dedicated for M42 if I want to use both K and M42. But yes, that pentax adaptor should be modified with some switch for the locking spring to let user select if we want it to lock in mount or be detacheable with lens :)
@westyavro
Жыл бұрын
I tried that adapter you have made in the Philippines and I could not get infinity focus on the K-5 and K-1. I found the original asahi pentax adapter that came in the box and it was fine. I must have gotten a very bad one.
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
Yeh right, my two seem to be ok. I think you could get a decent 3rd party one too, but you might have to go through a few till you get one that is machined well and is snug with no play.
@RalfAhlbrink
Жыл бұрын
For easier removal skrew the spring back to original place - then it's possible to unskrew the ring with a lens. Note: For some unclear reasons this hack is not needed on my KP. The lens can be unmounted with the unmodified Pentax adapter. For K-01 and K10D it fits too strong and the hack is therefore needed
@KobieMC
Жыл бұрын
First!!! Always 2anted to do that lol. That's a great hack!
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
😆
@lelanddyer9461
Жыл бұрын
How's that 135mm?
@SummersSnaps
Жыл бұрын
Yeh its nice, I don't use it much but I appreciate the focus feel and compactness of a 135mm lens. It's not the lens but rather case usage. My XF90/2 for Fuji APS-C is a 135mm equivalent, a total workhorse at events but for home life I rarely use it.
@kevinkhim3436
11 ай бұрын
Can I have your pentax mount lol I'm dying here bro
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