P.J. Alling wrote: >Unfortunately that lens has always been a bit wonky as far a metering is >concerned. I sometimes get the feeling that Vivitar only slapped an A >mount on it and didn't change the way the aperture mechanism worked to >match the Pentax A standard.
I think Pentax gradually improved the accuracy of the mechanism (both in the camera bodies and in the lenses) over the years. My Vivitar 70-210 is the same version as yours and it's always been a little sloppy with regard to exposure. I just bracket. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.