Wagon repair, pentax-style
When I bought a pair of cheap m42 lenses to act as a stopgap until I could get my 50mm f1.2 repaired, I also bought a cheap m42 to K mount adapter. It had certain philosophical issues with the idea of infinity – issues that would make the whole process of taking railroad pictures somewhat of an issue in the traditional “is that a locomotive, or a watercolo(u)r painting” way.
Well, it was fun to play around with “yes, we have no infinity” for a day, but I am not so much of an art photographer as I am a “Ogg use hammer, make wheel!” photographer.
So, this somewhat clumsy adaptor…
… had a 20 minute appointment with a hobby saw in my laboratory, and came out of the wash…
… without the latch and extension tube attached anymore.
Infinity begins at home, and US$12 is a good price for it.