T Caleb Fauver wrote:
>
> This will be my first email to the group, and I did troll for a few
> weeks to make sure I wouldn't ask any especially dumb questions.
> However, I didn't find what I was looking for and now I have a couple
> questions.
Welcome aboard!
> In the archives someone refered to the ZX-30 as crippled. What
> exactally does this mean? How is the camera crippled? Does this refer
> to the fact that only certain lenses can be used with this model?
Yes, basically. Nothing earlier than an 'A' series lens.
Yhis means you can't use many of the excellent early K-mount
lenses with your camera. The predecessor model, the ZX-50,
had problems with these lenses, too - it couldn't meter
properly with such a lens mounted unless the lens was at full
aperture. But at least, with the ZX-50, a knowledgable
photographer could compensate for this failing. With the
ZX-30 you don't even get that option - the camera refuses
to trip the shutter if an old pre-'A' lens is mounted.
> I was very excited when I got the camera, and very disappointed when I
> read the comment from this list I alluded to above. I am hoping someone
> can provide some more light on this.
It's a perfectly reasonable camera, apart from that one limitation.
> I am confused about what lenses I can use. I have a 28mm-80mm zoom
> lense now that works fine. But the manual for the camera is not very
> clear (to me) what other lenses I can use. Can I use any A, F, or FA
> lense as long as it has the 'A' setting on the lense?
Yes - that's exactly right.
That gives you quite a bit of choice - just about anything made
to fit Pentax cameras since 1983.
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