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M42 screw mount

235 cameras and lenses · 75 with sold prices · most traded first

A 42 mm by 1 mm screw thread for single-lens reflex lenses. It came from East Germany around 1949 (Contax S, Praktica) and was used by Praktica, Asahi Pentax (up to the Spotmatic series), Zenit, Fujica ST, Yashica, Mamiya and many others into the late 1970s. Flange distance 45.46 mm.

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Asahi Pentax 135mm f/3.5£35Solid45 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 50mm f/1.4£69Solid44 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 35mm f/2£159Solid39 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 55mm f/2£31Solid37 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 105mm f/2.8£69Solid34 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 28mm f/3.5£70Solid30 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 300mm f/4£153Fair27 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 24mm f/3.5£115Fair24 sales · lens Asahi Pentax Pentax Spotmatic (SP)£60Fair23 sales Asahi Pentax 200mm f/4£36Fair22 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 85mm f/1.9£160Fair21 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 85mm f/1.8£217Fair19 sales · lens Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II£40Fair19 sales Asahi Pentax 35mm f/2.3£120Fair17 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 135mm f/2.5£80Fair17 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 400mm f/5.6£187Fair15 sales · lens Asahi Pentax S3£45Fair15 sales Asahi Pentax Pentax ESII£57Fair14 sales Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan£220Fair13 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 20mm f/4.5£172Fair13 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 35mm f/3.5£56Fair13 sales · lens Asahi Pentax Spotmatic F£45Fair13 sales Asahi Pentax K£90Fair12 sales Olympus FTL£60Fair12 sales Asahi Pentax 55mm f/2.2£48Fair12 sales · lens Asahi Pentax AP£110Fair11 sales Asahi Pentax S1a£50Fair11 sales Asahi Pentax 17mm f/4£225Fair10 sales · lens Asahi Pentax 500mm f/4.5£170Fair10 sales · lens Asahi Pentax ES£55Fair10 sales Asahi Pentax SP500£35Fair10 sales Zeiss Ikon Contax Dabout £103Indicative9 sales Asahi Pentax 120mm f/2.8about £72Indicative9 sales · lens Zenit TTLabout £22Indicative9 sales Asahi Pentax SP1000about £42Indicative8 sales Asahi Pentax SVabout £40Indicative8 sales Asahi Pentax Sabout £110Indicative7 sales Asahi Pentax 45-125mm f/4about £45Indicative7 sales · lens Mamiya MSXabout £14Indicative7 sales Asahi Pentax 15mm f/3.5about £470Indicative6 sales · lens Zeiss Ikon SL 706 (10.3700)about £206Indicative6 sales Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 S TMabout £98Indicative5 sales Kamera Werkstatten Praktica LTL 3about £41Indicative5 sales Fujifilm Fujica ST 701about £36Indicative5 sales Asahi Pentax 85-210mm f/4.5about £30Indicative5 sales · lens Kamera Werkstatten Praktica EE2about £30Indicative5 sales Fujifilm Fujica ST 605 Nabout £23Indicative5 sales Yashica Electro AXabout £15Indicative5 sales Fujifilm Fujica ST 801about £123Indicative4 sales Asahi Pentax S1about £98Indicative4 sales

Makers

Asahi Pentax · 93
Kamera Werkstatten · 64
Pentacon · 21
Yashica · 15
Fujifilm · 12
Zeiss Ikon · 9
Mamiya · 7
Zenit · 5
Ricoh · 3
Carl Zeiss Jena · 2
Voigtlander& Sohn · 2
Meyer-Optik Görlitz · 1
Olympus · 1