MattKing Moderator Moderator Joined Apr 24, 2005 Messages 53,252 Location Delta, BC Canada Format Medium Format Aug 19, 2011 #26 PDH said: How did you fit a 35mm 55 mm lens to the enlarger? Click to expand... I would guess that the lens is a 42mm screw thread mount, and that the enlarger has a lensboard with a 42mm thread installed on it.
PDH said: How did you fit a 35mm 55 mm lens to the enlarger? Click to expand... I would guess that the lens is a 42mm screw thread mount, and that the enlarger has a lensboard with a 42mm thread installed on it.
Paul Howell Subscriber Joined Dec 23, 2004 Messages 9,739 Location Scottsdale Az Format Multi Format Aug 19, 2011 #27 MattKing said: I would guess that the lens is a 42mm screw thread mount, and that the enlarger has a lensboard with a 42mm thread installed on it. Click to expand... If the lens is labled Pentex it is a K mount, not M42.
MattKing said: I would guess that the lens is a 42mm screw thread mount, and that the enlarger has a lensboard with a 42mm thread installed on it. Click to expand... If the lens is labled Pentex it is a K mount, not M42.
Monito Member Joined May 16, 2011 Messages 335 Location Nova Scotia, Format Multi Format Aug 19, 2011 #28 PDH said: If the lens is labled Pentex it is a K mount, not M42. Click to expand... Well there you have it: "Pentex" for K mount, and "Pentax" for M42. Except there are Pentax K mounts as well. The Pentax brand is an old brand.
PDH said: If the lens is labled Pentex it is a K mount, not M42. Click to expand... Well there you have it: "Pentex" for K mount, and "Pentax" for M42. Except there are Pentax K mounts as well. The Pentax brand is an old brand.
MattKing Moderator Moderator Joined Apr 24, 2005 Messages 53,252 Location Delta, BC Canada Format Medium Format Aug 19, 2011 #29 Monito said: Well there you have it: "Pentex" for K mount, and "Pentax" for M42. Except there are Pentax K mounts as well. The Pentax brand is an old brand. Click to expand... Actually it is neither - according to the OP it is labelled: "Asahi Opt. Co. - Super-Takumar 1:1.8/55" The OP understood that to mean a Pentax lens when he made his opening post.
Monito said: Well there you have it: "Pentex" for K mount, and "Pentax" for M42. Except there are Pentax K mounts as well. The Pentax brand is an old brand. Click to expand... Actually it is neither - according to the OP it is labelled: "Asahi Opt. Co. - Super-Takumar 1:1.8/55" The OP understood that to mean a Pentax lens when he made his opening post.
OP OP nightbringer Member Joined Apr 28, 2011 Messages 53 Location Adelaide, So Format Multi Format Aug 20, 2011 #30 It came with a Pentax lens cap, I'll get some photos up once I get home and get an opportunity to photo my enlarger head.
It came with a Pentax lens cap, I'll get some photos up once I get home and get an opportunity to photo my enlarger head.