The big Zoomars are remarkable all right. But as someone suggested, they
tended to have a replaceable mount. Some of them had a dedicated
Basic listing here -
http://cameraquest.com/kilzoom.htm
Yours would be the Zoomar Sport Reflectar, I presume.
Stephen Gandy points out that some Zoomars came in their own
interchangeable mount, such as this beast -
http://cameraquest.com/zoomar13.htm
I've actually seen one of these - took me weeks to recover from the shock.
Same store/collector had a couple of the mirrors, well used, on offer at
the US$500 or so - so the price seems fair.
So yours could have a dedicated M42 mount, an M42 adaptor on a T mount, an
M42 adaptor on a Zoomar mount....
The difference between T and M42? Thread pitch - 0.75mm against 1mm. You
get almost a full turn before it binds up terminally (go on - ask me how I
know!)
Options.
a) Check that the mount is not a screw-on adaptor.
b) If it isn't - buy a Spotmatic! (You can get a good working bod for $150
or less)
Then investigate an engineering modification to change over to Oly mount if
you want - should be easy as no aperture coupling is required and you could
cannibalise an old T mount adaptor or extension tube.
c) If it is a screw-on adaptor, get a T mount adaptor and test the thread.
If it's T mount, you're laughing.
d) If it isn't T mount, an Oly-Zoomar adaptor is unlikely to be found so go
back to b).
A good source for custom mounts is Zoerkendorfer (search Zork or Zoerk for
their web site) - they''ll make anything for you, for a price! They'd also
be familiar with Kilfitt/Zoomar mounts.
AndrewF
>I was wondering if there ever was an adapter made that
>would allow the Pentax M42 mount to be used on an OM
>body without the need for extra elements. I ask this
>because today at a house sale I just saw a lens that
>got me excited... I mean REALLY excited, really ultra
>super excited, ultra super duper excited. I saw a
>Kilfitt Zoomar 500/5.6 mirror lens. From what I've
>heard and read about Kilfitt Zoomar has led me to
>believe that they are/were? one of the best
>manufacturers of lenses ever, that they only ever made
>a few of their lenses and that each one was tested
>with glass plates and concrete tripods (or something
>like that).
>
>This guy (who is like 70 years old) got it for his
>Pentax Spotmatic but the Spotmatic died in salt water
>dunking and he moved on to Nikon (the lens luckily
>wasn't on the camera) He was apparently a 'Prosumer'
>who bought the lens thinking he's use it but in
>actuality only very rarely took it out of the box. Its
>in great condition only a few scuffs and really nice
>glass. He's asking $450 for it, which is really
>expensive but I think this is one of 'those' lenses
>that only come along once in a lifetime for any price.
>I might be putting up a 300/4.5 Zuiko soon :)
>
>Anyway has anyone ever heard of/seen a Pentax screw/OM
> adapter around? If not I'll have to look for an old
>Spotmatic or K1000 body just for this lens. Thanks for
>your time and many apologies for the length.
>
>Mark Lloyd
>
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