> > From: Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/12/11 Tue AM 10:45:52 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: K10D and older lenses > > Sandy Harris wrote: > > If I get a K10D, I'll buy some lenses with it. However, I'd > > also want use manual focus K-mount lenses. > > > > There are a lot of these available, everything from various > > brands of used ones through new Russian ones > > http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/pentax_cameras_lenses.htm > > to various Cosina/Voigtlander products > > http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt_SL2.htm > > > > For those lenses, does a K10D give full aperature metering? > > Is it any better for those lenses than other cameras I might > > consider -- Oly e510 for in-body anti-shake in a smaller > > package or a 5D for those big pixels -- with an adapter? > > > > What about for screw mount Pentax lenses? My guess is > > none of the adapters give full aperature metering for those. > > > > > Mark can explain this... > > http://www.robertstech.com/compat.htm > > A caution with screw mounts, though. > > 1. The lens should have an A-M switch, and you need to use it in M mode. > It stops down the lens as you change the aperture => stop down metering. > The first Voigtlander 40 SL in M42 doesn't have a switch, which is a > pity because it is a fab lens. > > 2. Some M42 mounts aren't compatible with an adapter. Fujinon lenses > come to mind - they have a little tab used for aperture sensing, but it > is located on the mating face of the mount, which stops you screwing the > lens fully onto the adapter. > > Make that two cautions.
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