coupling to read the aperture setting from the lens and the electronic contacts
were not present on earlier non A lenses so it will not meter correctly with these
lenses. I'm not familiar enough with Ricoh's interpretation with the K-A version of
the K-Mount to know if there is any difference in the electrical contacts but there
may be.
At 11:24 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, Scott wrote:
William: Thanks for your response. The ZX-50 does have an A on it. The mounts on the Pentax and the mounts on the Rokinon look identical and it mounts without force. The reason I was asking was because of a post by Flavio Minelli on Nov 5 ( re: few basic doubts) where he said: ".....Besides AF lenses tend to cost more and since, as I told you, the reverse is also true, you'll be able to use your MF lenses with any AF camera (except the MZ-50 (ZX-50))."It appears that Mr. Minelli has since unsubscribed so I could not ask him to elaborate. Changing gears slightly, I was doing more research of the archives and found a thread about replacement lenses for the ZX-5n series. In that thread, you said that the 28-80 lense is a "bottom feeder" lense. I am sure you are right. I bought it because I wanted to get into SLR photography without too much initial investment. My question is: Just how bad is that lense. Is it made of glass or plastic. Is the picture quality drastically different from a better lense if the user is a beginner. Also, what about the ZX-50 body itself. Is it also inferior? You appear to be a straight shooter so I would appreciate more of your input. Scott Rankin
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