This is very good news, John! Thanks. I'll try to get one (sometime in a not too distante future). I just got a Pentax-F 1.7x AF adapter off ebay (Britain) - 60 British Pounds (app. 100 USD) - not too expensive. So, now I can have VERY "long" telephoto lenses with AF (for my 300mm, 135mm, 105mm and perhaps others too. I really must stop buying all this 35mm stuff. :-). All the best
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 2. september 2004 10:34 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Yahoo - it's here - My *ist D Jens, my AF330FTZ and *ist-D work perfectly - the red assist is generated in the dark without the RTF being popped up. Maybe it's because the Metz is not recognised fully by the body? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 1:35 AM Subject: RE: Yahoo - it's here - My *ist D > That's very odd! Are you saying, that for some flashes (?) Pentax *ist D > supports red light AF assist without the RTF flash activated? > All the best > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Frits W�thrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 31. august 2004 23:58 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: Yahoo - it's here - My *ist D > > > ? Strange, it works fine with my Metz 40MZ-2 and sca3702 adapter on my *ist > D. The red light helps the AF system of the camera, and without the RTF > 'poped up' > > > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 23:49, Jens Bladt wrote: > FJW> You were right, Kostas. The *ist D supports the red light focus > assistance - > FJW> but only with the built-in flash poped up (grrrr....). > FJW> (BTW - only if there's a RAM card in the camera). > FJW> > FJW> Jens Bladt > FJW> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > FJW> http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > FJW> > FJW> > FJW> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > FJW> Fra: Kostas Kavoussanakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > FJW> Sendt: 31. august 2004 11:07 > FJW> Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > FJW> Emne: RE: Yahoo - it's here - My *ist D > FJW> > FJW> > FJW> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: > FJW> > FJW> > adapter). The manual *ist D says, that AF-assist should work with the > FJW> > AF500FTZ - but I fear this is just annother "white pre-flash", which > I > FJW> don't > FJW> > enjoy much? I'll have to try this tomorrow. > FJW> > FJW> My bet is it will just be a red light as usual. > FJW> > FJW> Kostas > FJW> > FJW> > FJW> > FJW> > FJW> > > -- > Frits W�thrich > >
