You should read the manual Tim. You haveto enter the focal length to get shake reduction. Just enter the focal length at which you will use the lens. Or turn shake reduction off. To enter the f-stop, set the exposure dial to M. Then push the green button, and the camera will set a shutter speed. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tim Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To be precise, a Tamron SP, 70-210mm 3.5, and it worked perfectly with > the *ist-D. It's not perhaps the creme de la creme of telephoto > zooms, but it's taken some good pictures for me: > > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/05/07/Sports-Photog > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/01/04/Mountains > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/03/13/Shellflower > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/07/30/The-Moon > > When I attach it to the K20D, I get this little dialogue asking me to > enter the lens' focal length (!?!?) and then it can't set the f-stop. > > I've always that the Pentax dogma was "your old lenses still work." > So I'm assuming this is a firmware issue that will be fixed. > > Um, in case it's not obvious after all my grousing: I'd say that if > you're thinking about a K20D, hold off a few months. > > -T > > -- > 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.
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