The only vivitars that I have had trouble with were KP/R with both the Pentax and ricoh pins, the newer vivitar lenses now use a ball bearing inplace of a pin so it no longer jams on the AF shaft. Actually I should Photograph this to show you all.
--- Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christien Bunting escribi�: > > > > Thanks. > > > > I have 2 Pentax Lenses , 2 Vivitar and one Ricoh . > I'd have to make note not > > to put the Ricoh lens in. > > > > Christien: > I have to be a bit more specific. The Ricoh or Ricoh > compatible lenses > which jam into the mount are the ones with the "P" > for program on the > aperture ring. They get jammed because the electric > aperture contact on > Ricoh lenses falls exactly in the same place the AF > shaft is in Pentax > AF lenses, then the contact jams against the AF > motor shaft in the body. > If your Ricoh lens is not a P-series, you can use it > on your MZ-S > But, as I wrote in my previous post, there are other > independent lenses > (not many) which also can't be mounted on a Pentax > AF body. I wish none > of your Vivitars were some of those, but then, send > a message to the > list with the exact names of such lenses and > hopefully, if some of them > have caused problems in the past, someone will jump > with the > information. Most probably, they are trouble-free > too, but send a > message to the PDML with the relevant information > for your peace of > mind. > Regards, > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Carlos Royo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Zaragoza (Aragon) - Spain > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca - 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 .
