adaptor help

[shadydarkside]

hi guys need some help here ... i came crossed 3 old slr mc style lens so i went on ebay and found a mc/md to eos adaptor (with glass)
well it arrived this morning and ohhhhh the lens don't fit .... iv read around and watched a few vids on YouTube and it should fit . any idears ?
thanks guys

 

[ChrisGilbert]

This is Minolta/Rokkor to EOS ? Just a word of warning. I inherited a few Minolta lenses a while back and bought an MD/EOS adapter to see if they were any good. The width of the adaptor meant that the lenses could no longer attain infinite focus. They were fine for close-up and macro work but useless for anything further than a couple of meters. I'm not saying that there is no such thing as a useable MD/EOS adapter it's just that this is a common issue with some of the more obscure matings.

 

[shadydarkside]

hi yeah i think that's what its call ...... i even read up that to get infinite focus you must get the one with the glass optic ...just its like the fitting is to big for the adaptor ??

 

[ChrisGilbert]

Some adapters are acutally quite thick - half a centimeter - and it pushes the lens forward of the correct focussing position. Yes, the ones that incorporate a correcting lens would, I imagine, be OK but I've never used one.

 

[shadydarkside]

this is the one i gothttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170950866893?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D170950866893%26_rdc%3D1

and this is the lens i got http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqJ,!iIFBSLqE5UUBQWZdjvtg!~~60_35.JPG


it should fit right ????

 

[shadydarkside]

anyone ? ....

 

[ChrisGilbert]

A rarely used piece of kit. It's not likely that many people can offer you an opinion on it. I do like working with legacy lenses, however.

 

[Canon Bob]

The MC doesn't mean that it's Minolta mount. The MC was a Vivitar series and made in several different options for Canon FD, M42, Pentax-K etc.

If you take a picture of the rear of the lens then it should be possible to identify which mount type it is.

Bob

 

[shadydarkside]

hi thats for the responces guys !!!

here is a photo of the mount i hope you can help me find out what it is ....thank dal

 

[Canon Bob]

That looks like Pentax-K mount to me.....maybe a Pentax user can confirm,

Bob

 

[swanseamale47]

That looks like Pentax-K mount to me.....maybe a Pentax user can confirm,

Bob

My thoughts exactly. Heres a pentaxs K mount to compare, I haven't got a Minolta here so can't post that.

 

[VirtualAdept]

I'm with the consensus that its a pentax k mount, its exactly the same as the one I've just fished out of my spares case.

 

[shadydarkside]

thanks you for the repleys guys and the help ..... well looks like i buyed the wrong one of ebay £21 down the pan .... ow well atleast the one i need now anit that dear ...... thanks again ....dal