Frank, Plastic with a little ribby front ring to grab to focus would be an F lens. Bigger rubber grip a little farther back would be an FA lens. The F50/1.7 is a nice fit with the *istD. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:36 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you sure you have an A lens, my A lenses just sort of sit there when > > I try to autofocus with them, (kind of like the K and M lenses)... > > Don't be mean. > > I really don't know squat about lenses - an equipment geek I'm not! > > It's an autofocus lens. It has a ring that locks in at A. I thought > that made it an A lens. What do I know? > > It says Pentax 50 on top of it. It opens to f1.7 (although the exif > data only ever shows it opening to 1.8). It's plastic. It focuses > all by itself if I set the body appropriately. > > You tell me what it is! > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
