So I've been noticing that the Vivitar 70-210mm will lose contact with
the K-5II more than once in a while. This wouldn't be bad, except in P
and M mode it's like hitting the green button, any aperture or shutter
settings are reset to base. I hadn't noticed this before and I thought
that there might be something going wrong with the lens. It's really
very annoying.
Then I thought, what if it's a problem with the K-5II? That would be a
bummer, but at least the Camera is still under warranty. So I mounted
the lens on the K20D and THE K20D WORKS ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY!!!
The lens has probably always lost momentary communication with the
camera, but the K20D simply goes back to where it was, when contact is
resumed. The shutter and aperture don't reset. Why the hell would
Ricoh rewrite the the code to do this? It makes no particular sense.
This issue could surface with any A lens.
End of rant, you may now resume your regularly scheduled entertainment.
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