Depends. If they are A capable lenses then yes. The new Voightlander lenses are Ka mount and work fine, well at least as fine as any other Ka mount lens. I've discovered that the Vivitar S1 70-210mm ver. 3 has a less than linear response to camera controlled aperture settings, in spite of having a Ka interface. I expect that there may be many more lenses with that problem. Some of the Russian lenses are actually presets, (pretty much T mount lenses). I expect that even Russian lenses that have aperture simulators and automatic apertures will only support as much of the K mount specification as is needed by the various Russian K mount cameras, none of which have Ka lens mounts to my knowledge.
You may be disappointed with the Olympus, It's a nice camera but still has a fairly tunnel like viewfinder IMHO. The Canon is supposed to be very nice, I've never seen one. However it is still at least three times as expensive as the K10D. 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. > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
