> I find it particularly odd thing to put on the lens. After all it > is F lens so that I will tell the camera the proper aperture > electronically. Well, this is Pentax <g>.
It's for those of us that might be using the lens in a manual mode or an aperture-priority autoexposure mode, who are looking at the aperture dial on the lens... Some of us might never use this in a mode or on a body that utilized the lens' electrical info. Fred