On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, David Madsen wrote: > Take a look at the manuals for the PZ-1P, ZX-5n, MZ-s, or any other SLR with > a built-in flash. They all vignette at the wide end of a wide zoom because > the lens sticks out into the flashes beam.
If I recall correctly, the MZ-50 does not vignette with the FA28-80/3.5-5.6 and the MZ-5n does not vignette with the FA28-70/4. If I am right, what John said below is correct: > -----Original Message----- > From: jtainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:30 PM > > That's right: The rather costly standard zoom that Pentax designed to go > with the *ist D is substantially incompatible with that camera's built in > flash. I am also taken aback by the fact that the lens does not communicate the fact to the body. This might be fixable with a software upgrade in the future. Kostas
