Well, I am happily using my A 35-105/3.5 and A 70-210/4 on the K10D. In fact, I have more shots with those lenses than all my other lenses combined so far.
On the K10D, everytime you turn the camera on or switch lenses, if it doesn't get the focal length from the lens, the main screen shows a picker of focal length. Just arrow to the length you want and press enter. Quite easy. I have been dialing in the long end of the zoom range so far. If I knew I would be at the shorter end, I would probably dial in that. They are not optimal, but work good enough. If the price on them was reasonable, then I wouldn't avoid those lenses. Remember the price of the new DA* zooms will likely be as much or more than the K10D itself. So for those on a budget that still want good quality, these two zooms are good choices. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 7:51:49 AM, you wrote: PJA> Just the Zooms, I expect that older primes won't be any more painful to PJA> use than on the *ist-D[x] cameras. I even plan to use my K mount zooms PJA> just without SR most of the time. PJA> Boris Liberman wrote: >> Apology accepted. I often do not manage to resist similar urge myself. >> By the way, you don't have to smack yourself, really. >> >> Well, given the information Dave and you (or does it have to be "you >> and Dave"?) provided A 70-210 is out of the question. I thought I >> might hmm convince myself to use it in spite of its weight and lack of >> AF, but now... >> >> Since I have preliminary permission to shell out for K10D I seem to >> have to avoid older lenses... >> >> On 11/28/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I couldn't resist. The lens does not transmit fl >>> information, so it will have to be entered manually. Probably to >>> a "nearest option". >>> >>> Not a problem. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sorry again - I'll just go and smack myself. >>> >>>> From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Date: 2006/11/28 Tue AM 08:56:40 GMT >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: A question about A 70-210/4 lens >>>> >>>> Mike, I was asking about SR, not what you mentioned. And, alas, my >>>> question was serious. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/28/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> Date: 2006/11/28 Tue AM 08:28:39 GMT >>>>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: A question about A 70-210/4 lens >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> Folks, is it right that A 70-210/4 does not transfer its focal length >>>>>> to the camera? If so, then I suppose that SR on K10D and K100D will >>>>>> not work automatically with this lens? >>>>>> >>>>>> Please help me out. >>>>>> >>>>> To paraphrase the responses regarding continuous AE with K/M lenses - >>>>> "Get over it" >>>>> >>>>> 8-))) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>>> Email sent from www.ntlworld.com >>>>> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software >>>>> Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Boris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Email sent from www.ntlworld.com >>> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software >>> Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
