On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2008, at 09:01 , "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> A topic from the dorkforum leads me here. >> >> When a lens type is imbedded in the EXIF data, is the lens telling the >> camera what it is in specific terms (IE: DA35mm f/2.8 macro) or is the lens >> sending a trigger value to the camera which then inserts the correct lens >> info from a self contained data base? >> >> Thanks >> >> William Robb > > > I think I have to agree that the lens name is from an internal body > database. My K10 nor my K20 do not know the lens model when my DA 18-250 mm > or the 12-24mm is used, just the focal length at the time the shot is taken. > But in the case of an older FA lens, it does fill in the Lens Model name, no > problem. That might be because neither of those lenses is manufactured by > Pentax, only badged? > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian >
The K20D and K10D should know the 12-24, which predates both models (and is indeed manufactured by Pentax, based on a Tokina optical design). The K20D should also know the 18-250 which predates it, but not the K10D. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
