I just got home from going out and pricing polarized circular filters.
Well, I went to Camera America and told the guy what I was looking for.
He asked me if it was for a auto focus or manual focus camera. And I told him
that I have a ZX50 that I use in both modes. Also that most of the lens I have
do not work with the auto focus, so I use them all on manual focus. One of the
filters was for 17 dollars (manual focus)and the other 30 dollars (auto
focus).
Well he began telling me that I could not use these lens on my ZX50 because
they
were not AF lenses.
I have taken pictures with them and they have turned out wonderful. So I am
not understanding why he would say this. He said that they would not work
with
the TTL, ok.. I understand that. But still the pictures are turning out great.
Anyhow, I ended up leaving the store feeling pretty bad. Because now I have
these
lenses that I dont know if they will hurt my camera.
Also, why would you have to buy a auto focus filter when you use the camera in
manual most of the time?
I hope ya'll can shed some light on this for me.
Here is the equipment that I am using, please, if any of them sound like
they will injure my camera let me know:
Camera Body ZX50
Pentax 35-80mm f4-22 (came with the camera)(works with the auto focus and
manual focus)
Hanimex Automatic 135mm f2.8-16 (i have to use manual to focus this one)
Quantaray 2X AF Teleconverter for Pentax (i use this on manual focus)
Focal MC Auto 1:2.8 f=28mm MK84713519 (this came with another lens that i
won on ebay, i dont see any name brand on it but they had a KMart paper
with them. i typed out what was on the lens)(i have to use this on manual
focus)
Mitakon MC Zoom 1:4.5 f=80-200mm (this is the one the above came with)(i
have to use this on manual focus)
Sakar Macro 1:3.8X 75-200mm f4.5-22 PK-A/R (this one has a Green A where
the fstops are. I also dont understand what it means by Macro 1:3.8X) (i
have to use this on manual focus)
(the only one that will work with my auto focus is the one that came with
the camera.)
Also, I was thinking that I really dont need 2 lenses that are 200mm, but I
have no idea of which one to get rid of. I have not had time to shoot a
whole lot of film with them but what I have shot I do like.
I know this is alot of questions but any help sure would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rebecca
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