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Old vintage lens off of a pentax asahi k1000?
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so i found these lenses in my basment along with a old asahi k1000. i have no idea what they are and breifly looked though google and didnt find to much. the first one is a smc pentax-m 1:2 50mm and the second is a vivitar 75-205mm 3.8. first question is are these lens adaptable to my t2i and second question is are they any good?
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they should both be adaptable using a K mount-> EOS adapter (I think!). The 50 f2 is a good lens but I don't know anything about the vivitar. Google it, I'm sure there are reviews
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Yes, you can adapt them to your t2i, and they are very nice lenses. Obviously they don't have modern luxuries like auto focus, image stabilization, etc. but just feel them for yourself- especially the m50/2. The build quality of older pentax lenses is out of this world.
You can adapt them to your t2i with most any cheap k to EOS mount adapter, but bear in mind they may not be able to achieve infinity focus.
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^ k mount can active infinity focus on EOS with a glassless adapter.
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There you go, looks like you're made in the shade. just a cheap no-name adapter and you're set.
I've heard pretty good things about the vivitar too.
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the quality and the price of the older pentax lenses is one of the prime reasons why i shoot with a pentax.
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