On May 15, 2012, at 10:52 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 09:56:10PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> On May 15, 2012, at 9:43 PM, John Francis wrote: > >> 1) Does it work with other lenses? > > Haven't tried.
I'm inclined to suggest other lenses, other types of lenses (do you have any "M" lenses?), and trying it on your other body (do you still have the K10? The ist-D? Any film bodies?) > >> 2) When you take a lens off, then use the depth of field preview, can you >> see things moving on the camera body to trigger the stop down lever? > > No. But something must move when I mount the lens (without the extension > tubes). Yeah, there's a lever widget that is buried you can't see moving. > >> 3) When you put the extension tube on, and use the DoF preview, can you see >> things moving at the exposed end of the extension tube? > > No > >> 4) If you put the lens on the extension tube, and poke and prod with your >> fingers, can you get the lens to stop down? > > Yes So, it seems as if the extension tube is connecting properly to the lens, it's just a question on the body side. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
