Thanks Boris! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excellent price for an excellent lens. Congratulations on your enablement, > Dan. > > > On 12/5/2012 4:48 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> After all the great advice I received from this list on selecting a >> Macro lens for my K-r (and future K-5), I made my decision. I decided >> to go old school -- and cheap. >> >> I found a used smc Pentax FA 100mm 1:2-8 Macro for $338 including >> shipping. It is certainly well built (and heavy). So far, I've only >> played around with it, taking some test images hand-held. So far, It >> looks really good. >> >> The problem: I went online to Pentax to download the manual, but they >> no longer carry it. Does anyone know where I can get one. >> >> The reason I need the manual is the lens has two controls that I don't >> really understand. They are visible in the right half of this image: >> http://www.photozone.de/images/8Reviews/lenses/pentax_100_28_fa/lens.jpg >> . >> >>> From the reviews, I understand that the lens "hunts" a lot in >> >> autofocus mode. The "focus range" control apparently alleviates that >> problem, by limiting the rage of focus. I am not clear, however, how >> to use the control. Also, why does this control have an "MF" setting, >> when manual focus is usually selected on the camera. Is there a >> difference between selecting manual focus on the lens rather than on >> the camera? >> >> Even more mysterious -- to me -- is the "clamp" dial. What does this >> do, and how? >> >> Any information or advice will be greatly appreciated. >> >> TIA, Dan >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > > -- > 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.
