Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-10 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Doug Franklin a écrit: > Hi Alek, > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:13:44 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>What is the price of such adapter AF? > In Europa (web on Germany): http://www.fotokoch.de 193 € (193 $) Michel

Re: Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-10 Thread Doug Franklin
Hi Alek, On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:13:44 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the price of such adapter AF? I'm not sure how much the 1.7X AF T/C costs currently. I think I paid about $100 or $150 for mine a couple of years ago. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-10 Thread ernreed2
Shaun posted: > What are you then trying to focus on? If you are attempting to focus on > anything closer than 3 feet or thereabouts, the AF adapter will not work > properly. If, on the other hand you are focusing from three feet too > infinity and the AF doesn't work, it may well be stuffed. I

Re: Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-10 Thread akozak
What is the price of such adapter AF? Alek Użytkownik Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał: >Hi Bill, > >On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:03:53 -0800, Bill Lawlor wrote: > >> I saw something recently on the Pentax.com site about an autofocus adapter >> to get AF with manual lenses. Now I can't find it a

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread gfen
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Doug Franklin wrote: > Boy, this is definitely a question that needs to end up in the FAQ! I > think I've answered it three or four times in the last two weeks or so. Well, I'v egot as batch of updates perhaps I'll do this week sometime. -- http://www.infotainment.org

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread Shaun Canning
What are you then trying to focus on? If you are attempting to focus on anything closer than 3 feet or thereabouts, the AF adapter will not work properly. If, on the other hand you are focusing from three feet too infinity and the AF doesn't work, it may well be stuffed. I have been trying mine

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread ernreed2
After I posted: I'm not sure if mine is just a defective > > example, but sometimes it just won't autofocus the lens and I can't get it to > > behave until after I've turned the camera off and back on. After losing a shot > > or two to this problem, my enthusiasm for this item has dwindled qui

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread Shaun Canning
It depends on the lens in use as well. Make sure it is at least an f4.0 or preferably faster (i.e. f2.8 is great). Also make sure the lens is set to infinity, and that the camera AF is set to single rather than servo focus. It will work on servo, but will easily zoom off somewhere else if the p

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread ernreed2
> On Tuesday 10 December 2002 12:03 am, Bill Lawlor wrote: > > I saw something recently on the Pentax.com site about an autofocus > > adapter to get AF with manual lenses. Now I can't find it again. Is > > there really such an animal? Anybody used it? I have one. It works sometimes. I'm not sure i

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread Doug Franklin
Hi Bill, On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:03:53 -0800, Bill Lawlor wrote: > I saw something recently on the Pentax.com site about an autofocus adapter > to get AF with manual lenses. Now I can't find it again. Is there really > such an animal? Anybody used it? Boy, this is definitely a question that needs

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread Shaun Canning
Yes Bill such a beastie exists. I have one that I regularly stick on my z-1p and use mainly with a Tokina 300mm f2.8. It is a great way to get a fast 510mm f4.5 AF lens. It is best used with lenses of f4.0 or faster, but can be used up to f5.6. The overall image sharpness is naturally degraded,

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread Ken Archer
One sold yesterday for $87 on ebay. I haven't used one. On Tuesday 10 December 2002 12:03 am, Bill Lawlor wrote: > I saw something recently on the Pentax.com site about an autofocus > adapter to get AF with manual lenses. Now I can't find it again. Is > there really such an animal? Anybody used i

Re: Pentax Autofocus Adapter?

2002-12-09 Thread Bill Lawlor
I saw something recently on the Pentax.com site about an autofocus adapter to get AF with manual lenses. Now I can't find it again. Is there really such an animal? Anybody used it? Thanks, Bill Lawlor