Pentax Cripple K Mount Question

"Gordon Hudson" wrote in message
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"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
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Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
:-)

I thought that the lenses with A on them were "KA" mount rather than "K"
and
had extra coupling through the mount?

Yes



I worked int he photographic trade at the time it came out and it caused
lots of confusion.
I remember Ricoh making a KA mount body as well.

No, they made a range of Xr bodies which could take K-Mount lenses in
aperture priority mode or manual as well as there own Xr lenses


There is no 'trick'. The Mz-60 will not work with K-mount lenses, only KA
and P-AF. You need to look for an MZ-50 which can use old K-mount lenses by
serring the camera in aperture priority mode. Only centre-weighted metering
works.

You might consider an Mz5 or MZ5n as well. These are getting very cheap
second hand.

"Gordon Hudson" wrote in message
...

"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
...



Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
:-)

I thought that the lenses with A on them were "KA" mount rather than "K"
and
had extra coupling through the mount?

Yes



I worked int he photographic trade at the time it came out and it caused
lots of confusion.
I remember Ricoh making a KA mount body as well.

No, they made a range of Xr bodies which could take K-Mount lenses in
aperture priority mode or manual as well as there own Xr lenses


There is no 'trick'. The Mz-60 will not work with K-mount lenses, only KA
and P-AF. You need to look for an MZ-50 which can use old K-mount lenses by
serring the camera in aperture priority mode. Only centre-weighted metering
works.

You might consider an Mz5 or MZ5n as well. These are getting very cheap
second hand.

"Wolf359" wrote in message
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"Gordon Hudson" wrote in message
...

"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
...



Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
:-)

I thought that the lenses with A on them were "KA" mount rather than "K"
and
had extra coupling through the mount?

Yes



I worked int he photographic trade at the time it came out and it caused
lots of confusion.
I remember Ricoh making a KA mount body as well.

No, they made a range of Xr bodies which could take K-Mount lenses in
aperture priority mode or manual as well as there own Xr lenses

I meant their own R(i) lenses. The first models were the Xr-P and Xr20Sp


There is no 'trick'. The Mz-60 will not work with K-mount lenses, only KA
and P-AF. You need to look for an MZ-50 which can use old K-mount lenses
by
serring the camera in aperture priority mode. Only centre-weighted
metering
works.

You might consider an Mz5 or MZ5n as well. These are getting very cheap
second hand.

"Wolf359" wrote in message
...

"Gordon Hudson" wrote in message
...

"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
...



Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
:-)

I thought that the lenses with A on them were "KA" mount rather than "K"
and
had extra coupling through the mount?

Yes



I worked int he photographic trade at the time it came out and it caused
lots of confusion.
I remember Ricoh making a KA mount body as well.

No, they made a range of Xr bodies which could take K-Mount lenses in
aperture priority mode or manual as well as there own Xr lenses

I meant their own R(i) lenses. The first models were the Xr-P and Xr20Sp


There is no 'trick'. The Mz-60 will not work with K-mount lenses, only KA
and P-AF. You need to look for an MZ-50 which can use old K-mount lenses
by
serring the camera in aperture priority mode. Only centre-weighted
metering
works.

You might consider an Mz5 or MZ5n as well. These are getting very cheap
second hand.

"Aaron Bransky" wrote in message
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"Bandicoot" wrote in message
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Unfortunately the link I had to the page that explained about the
technique
for modifying non-A lenses to make the camera think they are A ones no
longer works.
Peter

Peter, is this the link your were seeking?

http://www.robertstech.com/matrix.htm

Aaron

Yes, indeed it is: thanks very much.


Peter

"Aaron Bransky" wrote in message
m...
"Bandicoot" wrote in message
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Unfortunately the link I had to the page that explained about the
technique
for modifying non-A lenses to make the camera think they are A ones no
longer works.
Peter

Peter, is this the link your were seeking?

http://www.robertstech.com/matrix.htm

Aaron

Yes, indeed it is: thanks very much.


Peter