Hello John, Mine has the aperture ring on it and it is fully usable on my daughter's MX.
HTH, Bruce Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 6:08:21 AM, you wrote: JW> I was considering the Tamron AF 2.8 28-75mm LD XR Aspherical SP as a new JW> standard zoom for my camera, however I have a dilemma, I've seen images of JW> the lens with apeture ring and without. Does anyone know if the Pentax JW> version has an aperture ring fitted to the lens? JW> TIA JW> John

