On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:29, Pawel Golik <pgolik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>M42 was used on earlier Praktika as well as on lots of Russian cameras
>(Zenit). And of course Pentax. Many SLR users like to have a M42 adapter, as
>there are lots of cheap and sometimes interesting glass in this mount. Eg.
>you can get a semi-decent true fisheye, made in Russia, very cheap, I know
>many Pentax owners who use it. I've heard that M42-OM adapters do exist, but
>their quality is not great and they require an additional lens in the adapter
>in order to be able to focus at infinity.
Let's not forget that Olympus also made an SLR that used the
M42 Universal Thread Mount. I forgot what it was called, but
it was something like "FTL" or some such. I am sure others
on this list can supply the correct information.
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