>>Pentax register: 45.46mm >>Nikon register: 46.50mm >> >>1mm out! >> >>and going the wrong way. Well if I couldn't mill 1 mm off the back of a >>Limited, and stick a Nikon flange on, my name's not Dr Frankenstien. >> >>
On 6/10/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >Don't you have something here backward? OOPS Sorry, brain not engaged (when is it?). Peter is right - the difference is 1mm but going the *right* way. That means that instead of taking off 1mm from the back of a PK lens, we need to add 1mm to it, so that it focusses at the Nikon register distance. This is *much* easier to do. The problem will be in the adapter - 1mm is awfully small for an adapter thickness so that it maintains structural integrity (love those Star Trek buzzwords). What is remove the Pentax mount, fashion a Nikon mount with new mounting holes, and add a 1mm spacer ring inbetween, using longer screws. That's very doable. Is there space for the aperture lever in a Nikon body? Probably not, so that bugger will saw right off no problemo. I'll look around and see if anyone's done it. Thanks Pete. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
