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 +The M42 screw mount is one of the most versatile vintage lens mounts, used extensively by Pentax, Zenit, Praktica and many other manufacturers from the 1960s through 1980s.
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 +This simple passive adapter allows any M42 lens to be mounted on Micro Four Thirds bodies with infinity focus. 
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 +No electronic contacts means fully manual aperture and focus control, but the vast range of affordable M42 glass makes this one of the most useful adapters in the collection.
  
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