Larry & Godfrey - thanks for the notion of buying a used Nikon. Not sure if I will pursue that option, but I will keep that thought in mind.
P.J. - thanks for the link to the leitax site. As I read it, their Nikon-to-Pentax conversion is just for older manual lenses. I may reconsider which if any of the Nikon lenses to hold onto. The second site you mentioned involves a modification to the camera itself, and I would be leery of that, to say the least. Even without their side comments about the reduction in WR and that, once done, the Nikon lens won’t “click” into place. stan > On Nov 26, 2017, at 1:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I think that your most cost effective solution would be a used D7300 > > On November 26, 2017 8:23:24 AM PST, Stanley Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> My father-in-law, who passed away in 2010, was an avid photographer. >> He, I am sure, drove the local pros crazy because he worked for >> practically nothing as the photographer for theater groups, choirs, >> corporate executive portraits etc. I have his old Leica and a couple of >> lenses; sister-in-law has the newer Leica gear. I recently borrowed >> back (from my brother-in-law) a couple of his Hassleblad lenses and >> will do a few trials of those connected to my K-1 via H-to-K645-to-K >> adapters. First impressions, ho hum. But then there is his Nikon gear… >> >> I thought my sister-in-law also had all the Nikon items. But my >> mother-in-law recently passed away, we have been cleaning out all the >> closets, distributing family memorabilia, and getting rid of excess >> stuff. I found boxes on Nikon gear. F3 body and motor drive, multiple >> flash guns, filter sets, etc. The lenses are mostly early 1970 >> acquisitions: 20/4.0, 28/2.0, 55/2.8, 85/2.0, 105/1.8. Ho hum. >> Hopefully I can find a home for these. >> >> What I think is the prize in this collection is a Nikon ED AF Nikkor >> 180/2.8 . I have an inexpensive adapter to K-mount, with a lens insert >> to allow for infinity focus. I have on order an adapter which does not >> have any glass, so no image degradation but no infinity focus. I look >> forward to playing with this a bit! >> >> So, to the question. Is it feasible to permanently replace the Nikon >> mount with a K-mount? Maintaining infinity focus without added lens >> element(s)? >> >> stan >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > 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.
