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From: "Skip Leib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:55:32 -0500
>No, two last questions to help me decide on my new Pentax...
>
>But I want to buy good AF lenses now, because I'll probably update to
> a more advanced ZX5 or 5n later on. So, my first question is, does
> the same 50mm F1.4 AF lens I would use on a ZX5N work okay with the
> ZM? I mean, does it also have a manual focusing ring that I can use
> without hurting the lens's built-in AF mechanism?
Yes -- they all work just fine.
Manual focus is often more difficult, though, as AF lenses
generally have a small ring to grasp for focusing.
It's about $100US for the Pentax-A 50/1.4 -- a really nice lens.
>
>And my second question is along the same lines. If I buy a decent
> Pentax or Sigma or Tameron zoom lens (28-105, or 28-200, (or 300?))
> will this also work on the ZX-M? Can I also manually zoom and
> manually focus these types of lenses without damaging their AF
> mechanisms?
These lenses will also work with no problem or damage suceptibility.
The AF coupling is recessed into the lens so nothing can hit it.
Hope this is useful,
Collin
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