Originally Posted by morfic
I saw this a long time ago, wouldn't you rather go modify the lens mount and leave your more costly camera alone? Of course if your camera is older and you succeed, you make the modification once and mount whatever you like, then again you settle for a few lenses you are interested in, swap the mount on those and be done with.
In the Leitax site, they also have Contax -> PK mounts available. It's unfortunate the mount is almost $100 for one...We do have a few M42 options like the Flek 20s and 35s (and there might be a 28 somewhere).
Another issue is that I could get, say, a Contax 126 cam and have a native C mount instead of converting the MX, whereas the one Contax digital body was a flop (and still $3k+ somehow). Since there is no (good/affordable) C mount digi body, it becomes attractive. So I am kind of hesitant to mess with my 10, since it's my only digi cam.
I have been thinking of picking up a 100D body to do horrible, horrible things to
