Jason, I'll take a stab at some of your questions -
1) Based on your description, it doesn't sound like the lens is really set to automatic. There should actually be an 'A' setting on the lens. I can believe some older 3rd party lenses might not have an 'A' setting, but I would be surprised to hear of a Pentax 'A' lens not having an 'A' setting. Can you give us more details on which lenses those are - they sound more like 'M' or 'K' series lenses. As to the Tamron - is is an Adaptall lens? Also, do you have any other Pentax bodies that feature program mode that do allow program mode with these lenses? Again, I would think that no Pentax body functions as you describe. More input please. 2) I have the Pentax Auto Bellows A and I can report that the MZ-S does not mate to it. The base of the camera (no BG-10) hits into the frame of the bellows and won't allow a solid mating. I don't know if there are any 3rd party bellows that would work. 3) No there is no way to control the F stop from the body. Only the aperture ring. 4) Can't help you on this one. 5) I'm not sure what 2P synch is. To use high-speed synch on the AF360FGZ you have to set the camera to high speed synch and set the flash to high speed synch. Sorry, that is all I can tell you. Bruce Dayton Monday, January 28, 2002, 8:07:59 AM, you wrote: VJ> ...one more question.... VJ> Is there a "preferred" shutter speed when using the 2P sync? VJ> Pentax does not address the issue of sync capabilities in the manual, and it VJ> is confusing as to whether the high-speed sync is available. VJ> Jason VJ> -----Original Message----- VJ> From: Vick, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] VJ> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:24 AM VJ> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' VJ> Subject: MZ-S Questions VJ> I have been using the MZ-S for about 7 months and have come across a couple VJ> of "glitches." Does anyone have a workaround or kluge for these issues? VJ> 1. With a lens set to "Automatic" there is no way (that I have found) to VJ> override the body switching to either the "P" or "Tv" mode. This presents a VJ> problem with my Tamron SP90mm and other Pentax lenses, i.e., 50/1.4 50/1.7 VJ> etc, that have the "A" mode integrated with the highest f-stop e.g., F22/A, VJ> essentially rendering the highest f-stop unusable. I have tried to adjust VJ> the f-stop to, for example, the f-22 position by adjusting the shutter VJ> speed, however, the body never sees an f-stop greater than f-16. VJ> Any ideas? VJ> 2. Is there a bellows that works with the MZ-S? VJ> 3. Further to question 1, if the lens is set to "A" mode, is there a way to VJ> control the f-stop from the body? VJ> 4. What are the specs of the wireless RF channels associated with off-camera VJ> flash sync of the body. Pentax said the channels are "industry standard" VJ> frequencies. However, I am looking at a couple of different flash heads VJ> that have different frequencies assigned to the same "channel." VJ> Thanks VJ> Jason VJ> - VJ> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, VJ> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to VJ> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . VJ> - VJ> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, VJ> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to VJ> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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 .
