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Originally Posted by Itchy
Hi John,
Yep, all the things you mentioned are considerations when using old lenses on an EOS. I picked up my adapter on ebay. Just do a search using "m42 to canon eos". Be careful though, The "buy it now" prices vary widely as does the postage cost. I ended up paying $AUD22.00 including postage. The adapter arrived about a week later and it works really well. I checked things out locally and when I did find someone who knew what I was talking about, it was going to cost over $100 and it would take 4 weeks to be imported.
My experience so far has been that if it fits it will reach focus. Of course aperture and focus are all manual. One of the lenses I use had a pin mechanisim to actuate the Diaphram. It was pretty easy to disable it.
So if you do have some quality glass with M42 screw mounts this is a cheap way to use them.
good luck
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I have followed this path - my adapter cost $13.50 again ebay and I had to put cash in an envelope and send it to a PO box in London - the adapter arriced 2 weeks later from China (of course). I have now obtained a 55 f1.8 SMC pentax lens for $50 and it seems to be good - have not tried it out on astro yet. Hope to do that this w/e. I have found you need to insulate the adapter to preven Err 01 occuring on the camera, and of course for daytime use you must choose manual or appature priority. Looks like a good way to get good glass for less, hunting for an f3.5 135mm zeiss or pentax next...