My Sigma 300/4 shows up as "Pentax FA* 300/4.5" Christian
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Complot? > Anyone have problems like this with Sigma lenses.I have Pentax and Sigmas,just wonder if > it will be a > future problem > > Dave > > > > DS> Frits W�thrich wrote: > > >> > > >> I have made some photographs with my *ist D and the Tamron SP AF Macro > > >> 90mm/f2,8 . > > >> I downloaded the files from the CF card, and opened the directory in > > >> which they were downloaded in Pentax Browser 1.10. > > >> I can see the thumbnails, but I can't open them full screen, and get > a> n > > >> error message like 'error opening main display' or something like that. > > >> I can make a tif or jpg out of the PEF files (I shoot in RAW), but > aft> er > > >> the conversion I get the same problem with the tif or the jpg. > > >> Using the Pentax plugin to get them in Photoshop7 didn't gave any > > >> problems, nor looking at the tif or jpg files in another application, > > >> like photoshop or Ulead photoexplorer. This is only with the files > tha> t > > >> were photographed with the Tamron lens. All the ones with Pentax > lense> s > > >> are fine. I guess the Pentax software stumbles over the missing lens > > >> information in the EXIF data. Anyone else noticed this? > > >> Is this a way of preventing us from using non Pentax glass? It sounds > > >> like M$, but I assume it is just an error and not intended. Yes, must > > >> be... > > >> -- > > >> Frits W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > >
