A bit of advice required. (help!!)
In summary, manual focus lenses remain manual focus, but those with a "A" on the aperture ring will work normally with the K20D as reagrds metering. Eralier lenses (K series and M series) which have no electronic contacts on their mounts can be used for manual exposure measurement, but are less convenient in use.
All AF lenses will be fine.
KA and later would be best as all exposure functions are available - just set the aperture ring to 'A' and use it like tke the kit lens. Non AF lenses will need to be focussed manually, but will have focus confirmation and you will have to tell the camera the focal length.
K and M lenses are best used as manual exposure manual focus.
Edit - John got in first!
Myles
and I'll take onboard your comments on KA lenses Myles.
If I can add a comment about this forum..
There is a friendly and helpful community here, well controlled with everyone giving each other respect
as individuals whose hobby/profession brings them to a place where they can feel at ease.
Just my opinion and the reason I am a constant visitor.
regards
albert
I hope Womble (Kris) sees this because I know he's an enthusiast and very knowledgable He's sure to have some sage advice and I beleive he retains a comprehensive data base of old lenses.
I'm glad you've enjoyed your involvment with this group: I too have found the experience very rewarding. Everyone's views don't always coincide, but respect and good manners are always present. Your photography will improve as well!
Post some images when you've got your "new" lenses.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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I will let you know how I'm progressing.
There are still some values left to find in our life time.
regards
albert
I see you are in Derbyshire, which isn't a million miles away from the Wolverhampton camera fairs that are held about 4 times a year.
http://www.wolverhamptoncamerafair.co.uk/
You've just missed one last Sunday, the next is on April 18th, and there's always a lot of old stuff going at decent prices.
I've come home with M42 lenses that I've paid as little as £2 for, some I've paid a tenner for! OK, they're not mint Takumars for that money, but they're lenses that I'm enjoying using and learning from. If I find a range of lens that I really like then maybe I'll buy some Takumars?
I've only tried a couple of test shoots but the extra couple of stops make a lot of difference for portraits, flowers etc (it's the first prime I've owned for about 10 years). However, it's highlighted the limitations of the standard focal screen for manual focussing, and a Katz Eye replacement is on its way.
thanks for the info Lloydy. I'll pencil it in on the calendar.
The 50mm f/2 seems to be a good lens I guess the fiddly bits go with wanting to explore into the domains of older and from what I can gather sharper lenses.
thanks for the advice Stanovich.
regards
albert
It's different for other lengths and more often worthwile to put up with the fully manual nature to get good optical quality or speed.
However I have not as yet assessed the improvement over the kit AF lenses.
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do I use K mount only and I gather it's to be manual focused
do I need to set f stops and what about metering
I've seen some reasonable ones on e'bay and I'm itching.
Thanks in anticipation
regards
albert