Essentially, although the P lenses lack the A electrical contacts. All P lenses are labelled with a green P on the nameplate, ie a '50mm f2 P'
-Adam On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:44 PM, JC OConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's a Ricoh P lens? Their version of the "A" lenses? > > JC O'Connell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:40 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Compatibility of Ricoh and Chinon K mounts?? > > > Ricoh P lenses are not safe to mount on Pentax AF bodies as the P > indicator pin is located in the same spot as the AF drive and can > easily jam the lens on the mount. You can modify the lens to be safe by > removing the P pin. > > Chinon's are safe and fully compatible > > -Adam > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:23 PM, JC OConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Any experts out there know of any compatibility >> Issues with using Ricoh and Chinon K mount lenses >> On all PENTAX K mount bodies, SLR/DSLR? >> >> I seem to remember some problems mentioned years >> Ago but forgot. Worst case would be lenses getting >> Stuck on or damaging the K mount Pentax bodies. >> >> JC O'Connell >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
