Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-12 Thread Adam Maas
Screwmount adaptors are your friend. -Adam On 12/12/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What manual lenses are available for the Alpha? It's using the Minolta > Maxxum AF lens mount, IIRC. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/ma

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Sylwester Pietrzyk" Subject: Re: K10D and older lenses > On 11.12.2007, at 16:35 , Adam Maas wrote: > >> Ditto the Sony's. Only Pentax supports SR without camera/body >> communication. > No, according to my friends

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-12 Thread Adam Maas
SSS is non-functional without focal length information according to the gurus over at Dyxum.com, it needs that information to work correctly. Otherwise it simply moves the incorrect amount. And 50mm is not a default, since screwmount adaptors with preset focal length communication are available in

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-12 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 11.12.2007, at 16:35 , Adam Maas wrote: > Ditto the Sony's. Only Pentax supports SR without camera/body > communication. No, according to my friends from Sony Alpha club, SSS works with manual lenses, but you don't have an option to set focal lengrh, thus making SSS not as efficient as SR

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
a more complete answer: On Dec 11, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > If I get a K10D, I'll buy some lenses with it. However, I'd > also want use manual focus K-mount lenses. > > For those lenses, does a K10D give full aperture metering? Full aperture metering is enabled for all KA-mount a

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Adam Maas
Ditto the Sony's. Only Pentax supports SR without camera/body communication. -Adam On 12/11/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Olympus E510 and E3 have in-body IS but it is only supported for > 4/3 System lenses, not adapted lenses. > > Godfrey > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Boris Liberman
I tried to mount Industar 50-2 (50 mm f/3.5) via adaptor on my K10D and upon switch on it asked me for the focal length for SR. Since that moment SR worked fine. On Dec 11, 2007 4:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 11, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > > > If I get a

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 11, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > If I get a K10D, I'll buy some lenses with it. However, I'd > also want use manual focus K-mount lenses. > > There are a lot of these available, everything from various > brands of used ones through new Russian ones > http://www.rugift.com/photoc

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread P. J. Alling
Depends. If they are A capable lenses then yes. The new Voightlander lenses are Ka mount and work fine, well at least as fine as any other Ka mount lens. I've discovered that the Vivitar S1 70-210mm ver. 3 has a less than linear response to camera controlled aperture settings, in spite of hav

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread David J Brooks
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Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Timber
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Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread David Savage
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Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/12/11 Tue AM 10:45:52 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K10D and older lenses > > Sandy Harris wrote: > > If I get a K10D, I'll buy some lenses with it. However, I'd &g

Re: K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Derby Chang
Sandy Harris wrote: > If I get a K10D, I'll buy some lenses with it. However, I'd > also want use manual focus K-mount lenses. > > There are a lot of these available, everything from various > brands of used ones through new Russian ones > http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/pentax_cameras_lenses.h

K10D and older lenses

2007-12-11 Thread Sandy Harris
If I get a K10D, I'll buy some lenses with it. However, I'd also want use manual focus K-mount lenses. There are a lot of these available, everything from various brands of used ones through new Russian ones http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/pentax_cameras_lenses.htm to various Cosina/Voigtlande