Re: A3000 and fixed-focus, fixed-aperture lens

2001-01-21 Thread Todd Stanley
Hi. Interesting camera you have there. Just a thought, but the lens could be permanently set in the A position, so the camera is always in program mode with the lens attached? Are the KA contacts present on the lens? You could try taking the camera out into bright light, and dry fire it while

A3000 and fixed-focus, fixed-aperture lens

2001-01-21 Thread sheftick
I recently obtained a Pentax A3000 which was part of a scientific instrument. I do not know what kind or what it did. It has on it a fixed-focus lens with, I assume, fixed aperture since I see nothing which will manipulate it. My questions regarding it are two-fold. 1) The 5 screws which hol