M42 Lenses
M42 is a 42 mm screw-thread mount used by many SLR makers from the 1950s onward. Its long flange distance makes M42 lenses easy to adapt to most mirrorless cameras.
We list 141 lenses for the M42 mount from 19 brands, covering 16mm to 800mm. 103 are primes and 38 are zooms. The most common prime focal lengths are 50mm, 135mm, 35mm, 28mm, 200mm, and 300mm.
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Vivitar lenses (65)
Tamron lenses (32)
Carl Zeiss lenses (8)
Meyer-Optik Görlitz lenses (8)
Pentax lenses (6)
KMZ lenses (3)
Steinheil München lenses (3)
Chinon lenses (2)
Pentacon lenses (2)
Petri lenses (2)
Schneider-Kreuznach lenses (2)
Beroflex lenses (1)
Fotasy lenses (1)
LZOS lenses (1)
Mamiya lenses (1)
Tokina lenses (1)
Toshiba lenses (1)
Voigtlander lenses (1)
Zenit lenses (1)