seany65
Well-known
This probably isn't worth a thread, but I don't know where else to ask it:
Does anyone know of a clear and full list of Adaptall/Adaptall 2 mounts that Tamron used to make?
Or does anyone know if Tamron made any M42 electric adaptall mounts?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Does anyone know of a clear and full list of Adaptall/Adaptall 2 mounts that Tamron used to make?
Or does anyone know if Tamron made any M42 electric adaptall mounts?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Mark Wood
Well-known
Yes, they did make them for the Praktica EDC M42 mount, they're marked "for Praktica LLC." I've got a couple of them and they certainly work well with a Praktica VLC. One did need the carbon track cleaning though, as the meter needle was a bit jumpy" as you changed the aperture. Easy to clean though. They also have a spring-loaded depth of field preview lever built in, although it's not lockable with the lens stopped down as it would be on most M42 lenses.
CaptMatt
Newbie
This site is the holy grail of Tamron Adaptall-- http://www.adaptall-2.com
Mark Wood
Well-known
It is where the actual lenses are concerned but unfortunately, the section about the different Adaptall mounts has been "coming soon" for many years!
seany65
Well-known
Thanks for the replies.
Mark, do the edc adaptall mounts have the 'prong' that sticks out of the back, like pentacon electric lenses do? I was hoping to get one of tamron's 105mm lenses and use it on a praktica fx2 and then later use it also with the open aperture metering of a plc3 or vlc3, when I get one.
CaptMatt, Thanks for the link. I've known about the site for a while and it helped me decide to get their 35-70mm 17A and 70-150mm 20A, the latter of which I'm 'going off' because of the zoom/focus ring coming out over the front of the lens preventing me using a deeper lens hood than the shallow and flimsy plastic built-in one.
But the problem is as Mark states, so I'm having to spend hour son the interwebnet not really finding much useful info, lol.
Mark, do the edc adaptall mounts have the 'prong' that sticks out of the back, like pentacon electric lenses do? I was hoping to get one of tamron's 105mm lenses and use it on a praktica fx2 and then later use it also with the open aperture metering of a plc3 or vlc3, when I get one.
CaptMatt, Thanks for the link. I've known about the site for a while and it helped me decide to get their 35-70mm 17A and 70-150mm 20A, the latter of which I'm 'going off' because of the zoom/focus ring coming out over the front of the lens preventing me using a deeper lens hood than the shallow and flimsy plastic built-in one.
But the problem is as Mark states, so I'm having to spend hour son the interwebnet not really finding much useful info, lol.
Mark Wood
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I guess by "prong" you mean the pin for actuating the automatic diaphragm? It has got that but nothing else that protrudes from the camera side of the mount. I've attached a picture of the mount but the pin (at about 11 o'clock in the picture) is slightly retracted here - it's pushed out further when it's coupled to the lens mechanism. (No doubt there'll be differing opinions but I think my 35-70mm 17A is a great lens and it does work really nicely on a VLC with one of these adapters.)
I've no connection at all with the seller but there's an LLC adapter on eBay in the US at the moment:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamron-A...120168?hash=item5d800a5868:g:Yt0AAOSw-o1bbjEj
I've no connection at all with the seller but there's an LLC adapter on eBay in the US at the moment:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamron-A...120168?hash=item5d800a5868:g:Yt0AAOSw-o1bbjEj
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nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
This is where ebay is your friend...type in what you're looking for...
seany65
Well-known
Mark, thanks for the pic: it shows exactly what I wanted to know, that it has three metal contacts (not looking very 'gold' here, lol) and the metal pin.
Thanks also for the link. I've basically spent up this week. I'm waiting for a couple of refunds in the next few days but I don't think they'll cover the cost of that mount, so I'll probably miss out on it.
nikon_sam, Thanks for the idea. I have done several searches but no 'wordings' I've used so far have come up with any result, not even when I used the exact phrase in the listing that Mark linked to!
Thanks also for the link. I've basically spent up this week. I'm waiting for a couple of refunds in the next few days but I don't think they'll cover the cost of that mount, so I'll probably miss out on it.
nikon_sam, Thanks for the idea. I have done several searches but no 'wordings' I've used so far have come up with any result, not even when I used the exact phrase in the listing that Mark linked to!