[Panache]

1. I was given a box of camera gear and found a 28mm Konica lens that I might like to try out. I don't know much about accessories and compatibility.

Is there an adapter available for my K100d so that I might be able to use this lens?


2. As well, I have a bunch of other Konica and Pentax gear in the box. What category is best for me to post questions about them? I would be happy to put them up for sale, but I have considerable lack of knowledge about these items, what they are worth or where to post them.

Any info/advice would be appreciated.

[woodyga]

Sorry Panache
there is no adapter for konica to pentax K mount. I have looked and researched because I have some Konica lens also. I have not found anything.

Woody

[Big Dave]

Woody,
About the only slr that would accept a Konica lens with an adapter are the Olympus 4/3 slr's. The distance from the film plane on the Konica is only 40.5mm, compared to 45.5mm of the Pentax. This means that when mounted on a Pentax slr the Konica lens would only focus on close subjects, not inifinity. About the Pentax items, you could post photos and users could help with identification.

Dave

1. I was given a box of camera gear and found a 28mm Konica lens that I might like to try out. I don't know much about accessories and compatibility.

Is there an adapter available for my K100d so that I might be able to use this lens?


2. As well, I have a bunch of other Konica and Pentax gear in the box. What category is best for me to post questions about them? I would be happy to put them up for sale, but I have considerable lack of knowledge about these items, what they are worth or where to post them.

Any info/advice would be appreciated.

[christinelandon]

Debb, to learn about the other Pentax equipment, try doing a search on each item separately, using the search button at the top of each Forum page. Another Forum source of information about the market value of a particular Pentax item is the Marketplace; find your items in the posts and follow the threads to look for asking/selling prices.

As for Konica gear, get thee to Google and search for Konica, Konica Minolta, and (lately) Sony user groups.

Oh, and I hear that there's this thing on the interTubes called "fleaBay" or some such newfangled nonsense...

[ftpaddict]

I've read somewhere that it it possible to change a Konica mount to a K-mount, but that still turns the lens into a macro.

[Panache]

Thanks for the responses!! I think I'll try to sell the Konica gear locally first and hope for the best. Too bad about the incompatibility though. I sure could have used that 28mm.
I'll take a shot of the Pentax gear and put it in the Marketplace.
Thanks again.

[Jodokast96]

If you could, post back anything you find about the Konica stuff. I've got a pretty full kit of stuff that I got from a neighbor and have been trying to find out a little about them.

[Nesster]

I actually mounted a 200mm Konica lens on my Pentax. It does work, but doesn't focus very far - yes, it's as though you have an extension tube built in. But the thing does mount, after a fashion, and it is possible to take a photograph. I wouldn't do so except to satisfy curiosity however.