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Need a gear geek to ask about lens mounts!

durazzidurazzi Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
edited December 29, 2010 in Accessories
I recently received a very generous hand-me-down: a box of 10-15 year old lenses and bodies. I would love to be able to use the lenses, but I can't figure out what kind of adapter-mount things I need (or if it's even possible).

The camera body is Ricoh. The lenses are all Tamron, and they fit the Ricoh.

The DSLR cameras I use are Nikon and Pentax. I've never looked into this before...lenses are so pricey that I usually stick with kit! Can anyone suggest how I might start searching for a fix for this happy dilemma?

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    Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited December 28, 2010
    I could be wrong...but I think that Ricoh used Pentax K mount at one time, as did a lot of other camera companies.......are the Tamron lenses auto focus or manual....if manual they may be what were termed Adapt-all lenses meaning there were adapters that screwed onto the lens tube to make it fit YOUR camera.......


    Edit: nope I wasn't wrong...............
    Here is a link that will help ....... http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-99.html ...... scroll a little more than half way down the page to the Pentax lens and it explains that Pentax - K mount was used on a variety of camera: Pentax (of course), Ricoh, Chinon as well as others....even the Sears camera had a Pentax K mount........Hope this is helpful.....
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    durazzidurazzi Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited December 29, 2010
    Thank you! That was helpful! And yes, a couple of them are "adapt-all" so I'll have to keep digging through the treasure box for the extra ring-things!
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    ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,910 moderator
    edited December 29, 2010
    Knowing the exact Ricoh camera(s) model number(s) would be definitive in identifying the lens mount.
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