John Celio wrote: >>>Maybe it reads the focal length from the lens to set the antishake >>>profile, but with a K/M lens it just uses a generic setting? >>> >> >>With the A series it doesn't read the focal length either. Only F and >>FA (and newer) can it read focal length. That's what is really weird. >>You'd expect K/M/A to act the same. Whatever... > > > Come on guys, this has been discussed myriad times around here. When you > put a K/M/A lens on the K100D or K10D, a screen pops up when you turn on the > camera that allows you to select the lens' focal length. > > The only way the camera would know the lens' focal length is if the lens had > a way of electronically communicating with the camera, which K/M/A lenses do > not have. Once you tell the camera what lens you're using, you get full > Shake Reduction functionality.
hahahahaha sorry, I knew all that. What I thought was weird is that the "field tests" showed a difference in shake reduction performance between K, M and A lenses when I thought those three types would behave the same. My poor quoting. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
