the enigma of the switch to digital photography

[paulthewall]

Hi all techno experts
I have a Pentax SV SLR camera (about 40 years old but working perfectly...with superb results), and a selection of lenses from 28mm through to 200mm focal length, as well as a host of other bolt on bits. I'm very attached to the lenses; they are what the qulaity of the photograph is all about, and I am reluctant to simply give away some excellent kit, just because digital is the way forward...or so it seems. All my lenses have the well-known Pentax thread on them, which of course will not fit into any of the Nikon/Canon/Leica bayonet mounts.
My question to y'all is this: is there an adaptor available which will attach to the bayonet fitting in the body of a digital camera, with, at the outboard end, a Pentax thread which will allow lenses to be screwed on? If there was a tranfer lever so that the automatic nature of the lens (closing the iris as the picture is taken) is not compromised, so much the better. I cannot be alone in wondering about this....perhaps there are folk out there who know much more than I do. In fact, I suspect there are millions! My local camera shop guy was not helpful, and didnm't know where to start looking.
Thanks
Paul

[vulcan]

when I changed to digital, all my Nikon lenses fitted the new digital camera, perhaps it's the same with pentax, they make very good digital cameras.
I have also kept my earlier cameras as I'm still not convinced that digital is the best, which seems to be confirmed by an article I read months ago that American pro p'tographers are returning to SLR.

[rojash]

This is what the Pentax web site says:
"PENTAX has manufactured over 25 million lenses in the last six decades; all DSLR bodies offer backward compatibility with every one.* Whichever lens is used, whether a most recent lens or a classic screwmount, it will faithfully capture the image desired.
*With adapter for screwmount and 645/67 lenses. "

http://www.pentaximag...om/slr/K2000_-_Black/