I've said this before but something interesting/funny/infuriating about Photo is that it takes almost nothing to get into (nearly everyone has some kind of camera and can be creative) but as soon as you get to a point where you want your gear to do something very specific it becomes so stupid because there's such a wide range of possibilities and ways to do anything, and ultimately there are a lot of tiny things that are annoying but don't matter but are still annoying? Anyway case in point behold my Contraption
![Fujifilm X-t4
APS-C sensor
Fuji X mount, Zhongyi Mitakon
Lens Turbo II
0.73x speedbooster
Fuji X - Canon EF, Stupid tiny
EBay rando brand adapter
Canon EF mount to Pentax K lens, Bower [Samyang/Rokinon]
85mm f/1.4 [covers full frame]
Pentax K mount](https://staging.cohostcdn.org/attachment/77db332c-cf21-4928-992d-1dcf5ec72c01/contraption.jpg)
Why do this tho?
- I already have these pentax lenses
- Good Enough speedbooster lens quality doesn't make enough of a difference to actually reduce Good Enough sharpness of these lenses
- As much as thin DOF is overrated, super fast lenses can be useful
- I've seen mention of a Fuji X - Pentax K Lens Turbo 1 but I've never seen proof it actually existed
- These tiny canon adapters do actually work and you can focus to infinity with them for what it's worth
I have been using this for a while and it works but there's one little, tiny part which Is Very Annoying which I have been hoping to improve literally since I put these objects together for the first time. Can u guess which part
Good Job! It's the tiny ebay rando brand EF mount to K mount adapter.
Technically it works fine, but:
- It fits a little too tight
- Since these things have to be so thin, the only way to get the lens off of the adapter is to press Hard on this sharp piece of metal (spring steel?)
- Since the tolerances on the Bower/Samyang/Rokinon budget lens mount is slightly worse than it should be* The 'too tight' Problem is Worse
TLDR: I have to like stab my finger every time I want to
- Put this lens on a different adapter (e.g. normal x mount adapter when I need the full 85mm)
- Put this lens on my actual Pentax
- Put a different lens on the speedbooster
- Owchie yeowch I do not like it very much
So Anyway I thought I had finally found the solution because I found (and I need to stress this part) ONE un-labeled zero-branding or description adapter for Canon EF to Pentax K which was designed to be slightly too thick in order to have a normal lens lock lever on EBay...
...But I finally got it today and it turns out the actual mount part of the adapter is designed slightly wrong so it doesn't actually work fslkjdg
So yeah this is what photo as a hobby gets like sometimes. Look out
* [note: I don't have this problem w newer Rokinon lenses for x mount.]
