Berry Nice (someone had to say it) On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:28 +0000, "Collin Brendemuehl" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here he is. >> http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/frank1.jpg >> > > > > Interesting work. > > That reminds me that I once fitted a Konica Hexanon 55 mm macro lens to > K mount. The interesting thing was that I didn't need to modify > anything. For some reason, the lens attached directly to a no-name > K-mount extension tube, probably because of slack manufacturing > tolerances on the tube. The lens wouldn't mount directly to the Pentax > body. > > No infinity focus, of course, but that's not all that important with a > macro lens. Here's a photo: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Hexanon-Pentax.jpg > > I don't use this combination much because my 90 mm Tamron macro is more > convenient . > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> A shot taken with Frank. f2, perhaps slightly overexposed. >> http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/berry.jpg >> >> The center. >> http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/center.jpg >> >> This was pretty simple because the Minolta mount on this lens was in 2 >> pieces. Behind the camera mount is another support ring. >> Both the ring and the K mount had a rib which had to be milled off. >> Even so, the ring does need to be another 1mm thinner for infinity focus. >> >> Minolta used 8 screws on the lens mount. 4 attached the mount to the >> support ring and 4 went through the support ring to the lens body. >> I left out the holes for the 4 into the ring and just used the 4 longer >> ones that went through to the lens body. That's enough for this weight >> of lens. It might be easier to have a pro with a mill do the actual >> work on the mount and ring. Perhaps I will hire an engineer to finish >> it. >> >> Also, put a hold for the mounting screw near the red dot. That allowed >> me to attach to the lens body close to the center of the aperture scale >> for near-proper alignment. >> >> Still, it "works" for close stuff. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Collin Brendemuehl >> http://kerygmainstitute.org >> >> "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" >> -- Jim Elliott >> >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free > > > -- > 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. >
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