Apparently it's an A lens. I see you have it working. Excellent. Ignore my green button comments. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. > > > -- > 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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