Adam Maas wrote: >Pentax lenses are adaptable to Canon EF-S (the 1.6x bodies from the >Rebel on) and 4/3rds (which has the shortest registratioon distance of >all common systems) without surgery, Canon EF cameras require the >removal or shortening of the aperture lever on Pentax lenses to mount >them with an adaptor. Nikon has a longer register than Pentax mount, so >you can't adapt Pentax lenses to Nikons. > >-Adam > >
This might explain why Cotty thought I'd have to do more than plug and play originally - he maybe thought I had EF? ann > >David J Brooks wrote: > > >>Are the Pentax lenses only adaptable to Canon, or are there Nikon >>mounts out there. >> >>Dave >> >>On 9/30/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>On 30/09/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Cotty is the one who I first saw attaching Pentax lenses to a canon >>>>digicam - someone else >>>>(forgive me that I can't remember who it was) told me that simply >>>>attaching the adaptor to the lens and >>>>camera would work... and it sure did -- >>>> >>>> >>>I believe it was Adam. >>> >>>The only thing I can't understand my dear, is why attach the Pentax >>>glass to a Rebel? I could understand a full-frame 1D. I could understand >>>a 1.3 crop 1D mark II or III. I could even understand a 1.6 crop D40 or >>>it's ancestors. I can't understand why a Rebel. >>> >>>The K10D is streets ahead of the Rebel. Even the *ist D and its siblings >>>has a better viewfinder and even I admit they're better than a Rebel. >>>Why the Rebel? >>> >>> >>>-- >>> >>> >>>Curiously, >>> Cotty >>> >>> >>>___/\__ >>>|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >>>||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >>>_____________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
