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philip
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 01:08 pm: | 
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Just got a rather beat up prewar "Praktiflex" 35mm SLR, and didn't realize that it takes M40 screwmount lenses (not the M42 pentax screw mount). Nifty thing is -- the shutter works, and appears that the speeds are close to usable as well (no drag or capping).
Anyone got suggestions on where I might find a lens to fit or adapt? I've got some russian Zorki lenses -- M39 -- which I could jimmy up a cardboard ring as an adapter for -- but the lens to focal plane length is of course wrong, so focus is out... |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 09:29 am: |
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You could do the same with an M39 Zenit lens that has the same thread as the Zorki but the same flange register as the M42. Also, I believe that if you can find a junk Praktica for parts, the early Prakticas had interchangeable front end parts with the Praktiflexes so you could swap out the M42 mount. |
Philip
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 11:35 pm: |
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Hmm -- so some of the early zenit cameras used M39 lenses, eh? Good to know -- do you happen to know which models used that lense mount?. I'll keep an eye out for both them and for a junked Praktika.
Thanks!
It's a charming little camera -- the mirror is quite badly damaged, but it's still got a quite usable focusing image when I handhold a lens in place... so I hope I can find a lens that fits. And it's got a nice satisfying mirror & shutter sound...
-- PA |
John Farrell
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 01:15 am: |
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The Zenit models before the E/B (C, 3, 3m) and even the early Zenit Es (serial numbers starting 67, and early ones from 68) had M39 lenses in SLR register. |
