M-42 lenses
I am doing some research now about M-42 mount lenses for a new (to me) Pentax SV I bought. I will post images when I get the camera and sort things out. Any suggestions?
posted by MikeR @ 9:22 AM
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Mike
Take a look at these two threads. At risk of prices going up :) I'd strongly recommend you keep an eye open for good examples of the Meyer screwmount lenses ... the 100mm Orestor is brilliant, and the 200mm Orestegor. Seriously under-rated lenses I suspect - as good as the Zeiss in glass and possibly even better in build quality. Even the pre-set versions (non-auto) are worth trying.
http://www.nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1111
http://www.nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=824
There's also an interesting page here:
http://www.captjack.exaktaphile.com/Meyer%20page.htm
http://m42.povlab.org/ - an interesting site, much information, arranged in an unusual way. I have a rather sizeable collection of M42 lenses, many German (pre-Pentax) and some modern (Japanese). I really like the very old Carl Zeiss Jena 85mm f2.8 Tessar and the 58mm f2 Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar in M42 mount. With an adapter, I also use them on my Pentax digital SLR with full TTL metering and even P-TTL flash. Much fun.
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