Pentax K PK mount vs Pantax SMC Pentax-M mount difference?

4 years 9 months ago #649870 by obsoleteman
Hi,
I just bought a SMC Pentax M mount lens. Are the M and K mounts similar?
Mike


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4 years 9 months ago #652292 by liveforever
M mount? You mean M42 screw mount? or Leica M mount?


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4 years 9 months ago #652463 by obsoleteman
The lens says "SMC PENTAX-M 1:2.8 ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN

I'm using this lens on an Olympus E-1 DSLR and needed an adapter to do so. The PK adapter I found on E-bay works fine.

The lens is a bayonet type.


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4 years 9 months ago #652499 by liveforever
Hi Mike

Sure, It’s same mount. M is one of category of Pentax lenses. All the Bayonet mount of Pentax are K mount Lense.


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4 years 9 months ago #652500 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Mike

Pentax lenses fall into 2 basic categories .... the "A" or "M" or "FA" and there are several other categories as well. This relates to lens design and film-camera body variants re: autofocus etc, verses the original "M42" screw thread and the K-mount bayonet style.

If your lens has a bayonet - it is a K-mount, regardless of the script around the front panel denoting the internal lens design

Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
www.flickr.com/photos/ozzie_traveller/sets/

Phil from the great land Downunder
www.flickr.com/photos/ozzie_traveller/sets/

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4 years 9 months ago #652604 by obsoleteman
It's a K.

It's nice to find a good prime that doesn't cost a small fortune.

ObsoleteMan


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