Contax/Yashica & K mounts
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Contax/Yashica & K mounts
Jan 21, 2008
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Does anyone know if the Contax/Yashica bayonet mount will fit Pentax K mount cameras? There is only a .04 difference in the registers (flanges) of these two mounts. Thanks in advance.
Michael
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Re: Contax/Yashica & K mounts
In reply to SBS,
Jan 21, 2008
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SBS wrote:
Does anyone know if the Contax/Yashica bayonet mount will fit Pentax
K mount cameras? There is only a .04 difference in the registers
(flanges) of these two mounts. Thanks in advance.Michael
No they won't fit. A Contax lens will not mount on a Pentax K camera and a K mount lens will not mount on a Contax/Yashica camera.
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In reply to Anastigmat,
Jan 21, 2008
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Read the text that accompanies the photo in this link
http://www.pbase.com/steephill/image/44705399
I have also found a website which shows how to modify the K mount to fully accept a C/Y lens and still allow full use of K mount lenses. I'll post the link tonight when I get home.
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In reply to steephill,
Jan 21, 2008
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I tried a Yashica ML lens on a Pentax ZX-5 body. I could not get the lens to fit into the body. After seeing your photo, I tried again, and I discovered the reason I could not do it. The aperture coupling cam of the ZX-5 body prevents the Yashica lens from being inserted into the body. Since the Pentax DSLR cameras have the crippled K mount, the aperture coupling cam is absent, so the lens can indeed be inserted into the camera body.
Here is a web site that shows how to convert a Contax/Yashica lens so it will mount securely on a K mount body:
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~leicaman/Kmount_PLAN.htm
It is in Japanese but the illustrations are excellent.
steephill wrote:
Read the text that accompanies the photo in this link
http://www.pbase.com/steephill/image/44705399
I have also found a website which shows how to modify the K mount to
fully accept a C/Y lens and still allow full use of K mount lenses.
I'll post the link tonight when I get home.-- hide signature --