Hi Richard, You are right: setting the lens at f/8 and the distance at the orange value means exactly that. I think all the Pentax wide angle lens till the F series offer this kind of indexing. I don't know about the FA, though. Gianfranco Richard Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just purchased a used Pentax SMC-F 28mm and have a question. The color of > the aperture numbers on the lens is white except for f/8, which is orange, > and "A" which is green. The distance scale in feet is in blue color and the > distance in meters is in yellow except for the marking for 10 feet and 3 > meters (they are directly aligned on the scale) which are both in orange. > My guess is that if I set the focus to the orange number in the distance > scale and set the aperture at f/8, then the lens is set at the hyperfocal > distance for f/8. Am I right? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com - 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 .
