Dude, use the "mount adapter K" on the body end and get a M39 to M42 adapter for the lens end. Then you can use superb but dirt cheap high end 39mm mount enlarging lenses as the taking lenses. Schneider, Rodenstock, El-Nikkor, etc. get at least 100mm focal length or you may not be able to get infinity focus if you need that. I use 80, 105, 135, and 180mm enlarging lenses for macro. One thing you need to be sure of is that the enlarging lenses you get have many iris blades (8 or even more) because the bokeh will really suck with anything less. Seems like the older enl. lenses tend to have more blades and give the best bokeh. Sharpness is fantastic at macro ranges. I had to make a custom mount for the 180 using a M42 T mount ring if I recall correctly. In that case I dont use the M39 to M42 ring. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:16 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Bellows Walter Hamler wrote: > I just bought a Pentax Bellows from an internet telescope source. The > pic tells that it is a screw mount version. Are there special adapters > available to convert these to K-mount, or do I just get the M-42 - K > adapter ring for both ends? Get a standard M42-K adapter to mount the bellows on the camera. Then get an M42 *reversing ring* to mount lenses on the bellows :) I did this recently with a cheap third-party M42 bellows. Works great: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=16 -- 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.
