Depends on the max aperture of the lenses and what type the lenses are. I had the MZ-5n and still have 3.5/35-105 Pentax A and had no trouble in focusing. All functions retained, except AF of course. I suppose the MZ-5 is the same. With non-A lenses you lose program AE. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Jacek Sokolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 26. hein�kuuta 2002 20:17 Aihe: manual lenses on autofocus body? >Hi everybody! > >I am preparing to build my camera system from scratch (been taking >pitures on minolta x-300 with various, mostly borrowed, lenses so far >and I'd like to get a little bit more serious into photography now). >Having rather limited financial resources, I am afraid of autofocus >with it's expensive lenses. Right now I got an offer to buy very >cheaply an almost new Pentax MZ 5 body and a set of older Pentax >manual lenses. Therefore my questions: Does such a combination make >any sense at all? Can one possibly set the focus correctly while >having attached manual lenses to AF body (with it's usually poor >viewfinder - comparing to manual bodies)? How far are the MZ5 body's >features limited, while manual lenses have been aplied to them >(metering, aperture priority, etc)? > >Any opinions will be gratefully appreciated. > >Jacek - 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 .
