I know I am a bit late in responding to this but anywho. I have heard of this occurring so I have avoided even thinking or looking at any Ricoh (Rikenon) lenses.
___________________________________________________ Pictures that I have taken on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 10:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Advice Just one other thing occurred to me if you're looking at older lenses for your K-r. Be careful of Ricoh (Rikenon) K mount lenses. Some can get stuck on Pentax bodies. Further info here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=11474423 Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:46 -0500, "Jeffery Johnson" <jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I am thinking it was a description for a Nikon filter but I won't know > until I meet with her tomorrow. Actually that depends on the weather > as she stated she didn't like to drive in the rain and there is a > chance of some more storms coming in tomorrow evening/night. > > I did locate the following on the Sigma but other than this not much > information I could find on it. > > http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/Sigma-28-84mm-F3.5-4.5-for-Pen > tax.ht > ml > > Thanks for the help.... > > Jeffery > > ___________________________________________________ > > > The SMCP F 1.4 50 should be excellent if she's given you the correct > info. Here's a picture of it so you can compare with the one she has: > > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/normal/F50f1.4.html > > If this is it, it will work on the K-r. > > The Nikon won't fit the K-r or any other Pentax directly (and I doubt > it would with an adapter, if one even exists). > > The Sigma will work if it's K mount. If it's a manual focus lens > you'll need to use the green button method on the K-r (the quoted zoom > range is odd - it's probably a 28-80). If it's like the one I used to > have, it's OK but nothing special. > > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
