Originally posted by ivanvernon Wonderful . . . you mentioned a e-glassed PK/FD adapter. I have more than 30 FD lenses that I would love to use on Pentax film and digital cameras. I got one adapter, with glass, which promptly got stuck on the lens. Lens would not focus on infinity, and the marvellous FD 50 mm f 1.2 lost its magic in every other way as well. Your suggestions on how to get the right adapter to make my FD 50 f 1.2 work on Pentax cameras would be greatly appreciated.
Bonjour ivanvernon,
Merci ! Mine is a "Scoptic" (?) Chinese brand that I bought on a whim a long, long time ago when I was almost given an FD 50/1.8 at a swap meet ... lost its plain white box or maybe threw it away. The infinity correction optic is garage, so it's in baggie now ... remove it and you have an adapter/extension tube ... I do not care about the loss of infinity; never shoot there away ... what's nice is the FD 135/2.5 seems to close focus much, much nearer ... and it's still
a real PAIN to put on and take off;
c'est la vie.
I have an FD 50/1.4 that I need to try it out on, but here's some (x-post) images of the Scoptic on my FD 50/
1.8 (which I just gave away on French fleaBay; clearing out some access gear) and another low light, table lamp, SOOC close focus test shot ... PM me if you want more info, etc.
Salut, J
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YEMA" watch = my French brand watch on the exterior with Seiko guts ...
The FD 50/1.4 plus a Minolta ...