Tell me...

[Andrew*]

...with a Minolta T-ring attached to my camera, can I use M42 fit lenses?

If not, how?

Cheers

Andrew

[russ]

Have a look on Ebay, there's an M42 adapter for just about every camera make. And they are very cheap. I paid £3.50 for the Canon adapter.

update - have a look at these:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=minolta+to+m42

Russ

[Andrew*]

I think you misunderstand me - I have the T ring (female) already for my camera. Basically what I'm asking is "do M42 lenses attach with a male T thread?"

Cheers

Andrew

[ianporter13]

Andrew,

M42 and T thread are slightly different in thread pitch,

you 'may' be able to get a M42 lens to fit into your T ring depending on how sloppy the threads are, but it may only go in a couple of turns and you may not achieve focus with it.

only giving it a try will tell,

having said that proper M42 adapters are quite cheap on ebay.

Ian

[russ]

Ah right. M42 lenses have a slightly different thread to the T adapter. So the answer is no, they don't attach with a male T-thread. If you want to use M42 lenses with your Minolta camera you have to take off the T-ring and replace it with the Minolta to M42 adapter i linked too.

I've probably still got the wrong end of the stick.....i'm pretty dim! :?

Russ

[radioactive]

Ah right. M42 lenses have a slightly different thread to the T adapter. So the answer is no, they don't attach with a male T-thread. If you want to use M42 lenses with your Minolta camera you have to take off the T-ring and replace it with the Minolta to M42 adapter i linked too.

I've probably still got the wrong end of the stick.....i'm pretty dim! :?

Russ

Russ I am pretty dim too in fact I dare say I am dimmer than you :insects1: I may start a separate thread about it

[russ]

Russ I am pretty dim too in fact I dare say I am dimmer than you insects1 I may start a separate thread about it

:insects1:

I think what i meant to say was i'm pretty slow at picking up the jist of things. But dim will do too.

[themos]

Maybe there's something helpful here

http://m42.artlimited.net/