Gaurav posted: > > I have PZ-1, Pentax 28-200mm FA and 50mm f/1.7 KA. [snip] I like > > the ME Super a lot from discussions on the list as well as the > > specs on Boz' site. The problem is that the aperture ring of my > > lens sticks and would turn only once in a while. It doesn't give > > any problem in the A setting though and stops down properly (or > > so I guess). What would be a sturdy, light-weight, manual focus > > camera that does shutter priority?
and then along came Fred, who commented: > > Gaurav, I think you're "putting the cart before the horse", perhaps. > While there certainly are other Ka mf bodies less expensive than the > Super Program/A that you could look for (e.g., Program Plus/A, > A3/A3000, P3/P30, P5/P50, P3n/P30n), I think that you might be > better off finding another 50mm lens for your ME Super, which you > did say you like (and I can understand why). I can imagine > circumstances where one might look for a body to fit a favored lens, > but looking for a body just to enable the use of a defective 50mm > lens just doesn't seem to make much sense to me. (I'm not trying to > be critical - I'm just trying to be helpful.) I agree with Fred. Not only are you wanting to enable the use of a defective lens, it is a defective, *cheap* lens. I suggest you research the prices of M-series 50mm lenses. You may find that you can stretch to buying one of those along with an ME Super, since both M 50 lenses and ME Supers are fairly inexpensive. IMO, the M-series 50mm lenses are better built than the KA 50/1.7 -- I had a lens like yours, and it came to me with the very same problem. My local camera shop repaired it (sorry, I don't remember now how much they charged!) I've since parted with that lens, though; my only manual-focus body now is an LX, and I use M lenses on it. ERNR My photographs hang on the virtual walls at http://members.aol.com/ernreed - 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 .
