"It would make a fine m42 camera."
Thanks, that was what I was wondering about.
"why not also repair the aperture why youre in there?"
Good idea, but apparently the more modern DSLRs with shake reduction/sensor cleaning are much more difficult to mod. I think replacing the IR filter with optically neutral glass and putting it back together will be challenging enough
Loosing weather sealing effectiveness is not something I had considered, but its not too big a deal, as the apeture issues mean I would be using older (non WR) manual lenses.
The main problem I see with this plan now is finding a service manual for the k30.
"taking one down to the sensor is not an easy task."
jkomp316,
Have you done a conversion yourself?