Can anyone recognise this lens mount?

[Jon Kincaid]

Hi everyone,

I’ve just bought a bag of camera bits from a charity shop that had a Minolta Dinax 5000i, a Pentax KM, and a bunch of lenses etc. One of the lenses doesn’t fit either and I’ve tried it on several other makes and it doesn’t fit anything? It’s not a K, or OM, it has a Nikon cap on it but I think that’s a red herring as it doesn’t fit the two Nikons I have. Is anyone good at recognising from photos?

Thanks

Jon

 

[ancient_mariner]

With the big release button on the lens, is that an Olympus mount? Alternatively I think it could be Contax/Yashica.

http://wycameras.com/35mm-slr-lens-mount-identification-guide/

 

[Jon Kincaid]

With the big release button on the lens, is that an Olympus mount? Alternatively I think it could be Contax/Yashica.

http://wycameras.com/35mm-slr-lens-mount-identification-guide/

Good call on Yashica, I hadn’t tried that, sadly no joy, neither is in FD. Peculiar! Oh, and I already tried Olympus.

 

[Manwithacam]

It's not Minolta either, could it be Fujica or Konica? All of the ones online are either M42, Pentax or Minolta.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

Is it Praktica bayonet ?

edit , on looking at my Praktica Bayonet lenses it;s not one of them, here's a pic anyway

 

[Manwithacam]

Praktica bayonet has three contacts on it.

 

[Manwithacam]

Could be off a later Exakta like the RTL1000

 

[joxby]

I'm going with PK....

 

[Manwithacam]

I'm going with PK....

The OP bought a Pentax KM with the lens and says not.

 

[joxby]

The OP bought a Pentax KM with the lens and says not.

I know, but it looks to be the nearest fit unless its some obscure adaptable mount...

 

[excalibur2]

It's not Konica...and if it's not Yashica then Fujinon looks similar but not identical to pic.

 

[Tori_T]

By the looks of it, it's a third-party OM mount.
I had a look on ebay, and here's another third-party one shot at the same angle as yours:

 

[excalibur2]

By the looks of it, it's a third-party OM mount.
I had a look on ebay, and here's another third-party one shot at the same angle as yours:
View attachment 112273

..but he said "he has already tried OM" ?

 

[Tori_T]

I know, but putting the two images in different windows and flipping back and forth, they're virtually identical, apart from the OP's is missing the second lower right button.

 

[srichards]

It's minolta MC. The give away is that it says MC on the front. That's the only way I'd know

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Minolta_SR_mount

 

[dmb]

It's minolta MC. The give away is that it says MC on the front. That's the only way I'd know

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Minolta_SR_mount

Nothing like a Minolta MC - the MC on front of this will be "Multi-Coated" . See http://www.subclub.org/minman/mounts.htm
http://www.subclub.org/minman/mounts.htm
It does look most like an OM with a missing button, One button on an OM is the release and the other is for stop down, could that be why it won't fit an OM?

 

[Tori_T]

Minolta MC has two asymmetrical locking lugs, and the third (symmetrical) lug has an off-centre slot machined into it. I cannot find any MCs that have two control sliders, and the one they do have is in a different position in relation to the locking lugs when compared to the OP's lens.