Manual adapter M42 made in Poland!!!

Denny Colvin · May 25, 2005

Well, you could follow Jorgen Bergfors' orthodoxy, and do an eBay search for "Praktika Screw Mount", but you'd find nothing.

Or, you could search for "Pentax Screw Mount", and find several ;-)

Also search "M42". Lots of companies used (some still use) the mount, and it can be adapted to almost any other mount, so there's LOTS of lenses... some garbage, some great.

All the SMC Takumars (have to make sure it's a screw mount, not K mount) are worth looking at.

SirSeth · May 25, 2005

... for you guys in the UK.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4688&item=7517628803&rd=1

Tempting, but I can't really afford a lens right now.

Cheers, Seth

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Dzikus · May 25, 2005

irek50 said:
Dzisiaj to kupiłem za pobraniem 60zł -- jest z twardego
aluminium w kolorze czarnym--ustawia oczywiście na
nieskończoność i blokuje kołek przysłony
(to potrzebne przy niektórych obiektywach) --wykonanie super --po
12 czerwca będą OM i Nikon ok.100zł -- Robiłem
już Tamronem 2,8/35 i Heliosem 2/58 --rewelka--(kupuj bez
wahania!!!--wszelkie badziewie można wypróbować)---Irek
(Jeśli jesteś biegły w angielskim to
przetłumacz na tym forum ---)---Pozdrawiam serdecznie

Irek50 wrote:

Today received M42 adapter, it's build very good quality aluminium. Focusing on infinity, pin blockade (necessary with some M42 lens). It's cost 60PLN - about 20USD. After the 12 of june will be available OM adapter and Nikon mount adapter in price about 100PLN - 30USD each.

Poland it is beautiful country

SirSeth · May 25, 2005

I'm unfamiliar with Nikon mounts. Are there different variations? Might be interested to try something like this on the E-1 to compare with the Zuiko 300mm f4.5

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48556&item=7517871512&rd=1

Cheers, Seth

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SirSeth · May 25, 2005

Then there are the 400mm f2.8 and 800mm f5.6 ED-IF Nikkors.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48556&item=7517545176&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48556&item=7517537337&rd=1

Manual focus, but much less expensive than the Zuiko 300mm f2.8

Cheers, Seth

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george_online · May 25, 2005

or the Xmass came a bit earlier?

SMBooth · May 25, 2005

you cannot read Polish...?

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irek50 · May 25, 2005

Here is absurd price in USA!!!:
http://cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm

irek50 · May 25, 2005

and lens 20$ price Helios 2/58mm with adapter price 20$ too...

It is only fragment image none resize 800x600 piksels --F5,6- 1/100s
with Olympus E1 of course
http://www.pryzmaton.com/

FFS · May 25, 2005

Dzikus said:
Irek50 wrote:

Today received M42 adapter, it's build very good quality aluminium.
Focusing on infinity, pin blockade (necessary with some M42 lens).
It's cost 60PLN - about 20USD. After the 12 of june will be
available OM adapter and Nikon mount adapter in price about 100PLN

30USD each.

Poland it is beautiful country

Indeed. June 12 will see an increase of Poland's export to Australia and the EU where the OM adapter is no longer free. As a side effect, I think it will cause a shake up on the adapter price in e-Bay too.

irek50 · May 26, 2005

Write e-mail into english - he understand (no problem for him) (this is only problem for me!

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SirSeth · Jun 1, 2005

In anticipation of the E-1 to Nikon AIS adapter I picked up a Tokina ATX APO 100-300mm f4 today in Nikon mount. It's in prefect shape and sold for 160 dollars on ebay. How did I do? This lens gets very decent reviews and I'm quite sure that I'll be better off than with my late old Tokina 400mm f5.6 which was really very soft and got bummer reviews by almost everyone.

Now I just have to wait for and order the adapter.

Anyone else shopping Nikon mount in anticipation?

Cheers, Seth

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dbaldnz · Jun 1, 2005

If these Polish adapters work and are as cheap as they say, you could have an OM one on your OM lens, a Nikon one on a Nikon lens, and just interchange without stuffing about,
DonB

SirSeth · Jun 2, 2005

Thank you Mr. Jankowski,

How do I make a payment to your bank account? Do you have a Paypal account? Do you know the approximate USD cost for a direct transfer to your account? I am excited about the adapter, and very glad that you are making these quality adapters.

Seth Ellis

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SirSeth · Jun 2, 2005

I was writing an Email to Poland at the same time about the adapters (and mixed up the forms.

Yep, I plan to keep the OM adapter on my 55mm f2.8 1:1 Macro, and the Nikon adapter on my Tokina ATX APO 100-300mm f4.

Anxious to get the adapter.

Cheers, Seth

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FFS · Jun 2, 2005

SirSeth said:
Anxious to get the adapter.

Looks like you'll have the honour of among the first to have it. Mind doing a review?

dbaldnz · Jun 2, 2005

please Seth!

DonB

BDavis · Jun 2, 2005

Please tell us:
1. How you paid for it.

2. I think an earlier poster says the seller can understand English better than he can speak it. I can understand that. I guess he can figure it out if he sees "Olympus E1 or OM" and finds 30 bucks in the envelope.

3. Tell us of the Material used. The original poster said "Today received M42 adapter, it's build very good quality aluminium."

I would think the material is Steel, not aluminum, but if you could check that please.

4. If you could tell us the pathway to ordering that you used. overseas mail, money order, etc.

Thank you,
Bruce Davis

SMBooth · Jun 2, 2005

I emailed his info address and requested his directed debit account details which he gave me, and order two the other day. See how it goes, money has gone from my account anyway.

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kadar · Jun 13, 2005

I ordered a lot of adatpters on behalf of some E1 fans from Hungary, and in some days after ordering, today I received via post.

I can only appreciate the good selling process of this firm.

The adapter fit well to E1 and M42 mount too.

I can only suggest this page, I found there others type of adapters too.

Manual adapter M42 made in Poland!!!

Denny Colvin

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