----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacek Sokolowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: AF zoom?
> But still, having an AF body, I'd like to have at least one AF lens... > preferably a 28-80mm or similar. Can anybody give my some advice on > the Pentax zooms (I mean, the cheaper ones)? Btw, I've seen a lot of > offers for quite cheap zooms for Pentax from Cosina - but that looks > rather suspicious to me... Don't get into Cosina lenses, or else you'll get what you pay for - poor quality for little money. There are many good Pentax standard zooms around. However, if I were you, i'd go for the newest lens: SMC FA 28-105mm f/3,2-4,5 AL(IF). IMHO it's currently the best value for the money - it has a bayonet mount lens hood (at last Pentax introduced this feature into the amateur lenses), aspherical lens, internal focusing. It's also quite fast. And it costs in Poland only about 1300PLN new. > Oh, another thing: K mount was introduced in 1975, am I right? Does > that mean that the earlier Pentax bodies (like Spotmatic series) are > not compatible with K-mount lenses? They are not compatible directly, but you can easily mount them, as well as any other m42 lens, via the m42-to-K-mount adapter. Pentax cameras work with such set-up with no problem and you even retain the Focus Confirmation feature. The only minor disadvantage of it is that the only way the camera meters exposure is stop-down metering. Greetz Artur - 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 .
