On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:54 -0400, "Perry Pellechia" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another > > camera but at that price I couldn't resist. > > > > Question for anybody using Adaptall-2 kit on their Pentax's, I've got > > a proper KA adapter but it doesn't seem to pass aperture info to the > > body. I'm suspecting my adapter's a little busted (I'd only really > > been using it on the K2 which isn't A-aware). > > > > I have a single Adaptall-2 KA mount I use with 90mm/F2.8 macro, > 500mm/F8 mirror and 200mm/F4 lenses. Both my *istD and K10D can set > the aperture for each lens. However, sometimes I have to twist the > lens on the mount to get a clean connection. Usually once the camera > can sense that it is an "A" type lens it performs without a problem. >
Same here. The Av top plate display sometimes just reads --, but a slight twist restores the contact. $150?? I'd be tempted too. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- 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.
