I just switched to an MZ-M from my trusty K-1000 a few months ago and have been VERY slow in reading the manual. Tonight I just got to the "automatic aperture" adjustment on the lens. While my Ricoh Rikenon 50mm lens has no "A" setting on the aperture ring it does have a "P" which I assume is for "Program". I set it to "P" but nothing happened, it is still acting like I should be setting the aperture by hand. The camera is not responding to this setting.
I run a small repair shop and have to think lots of these things out.... I figured there must be some electrical contact with the lens so the camera would know when it is in "Automatic". Sure enough I found the little copper contact button on the bottom of the lens. BUT... the little contact does in no way match up with the camera's contact points... what gives? Did pentax move their contact points? While this is a K mount lens was it made to work on some other camera? Please, talk slow! Leonard//Laredo - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
