Manual lens

Cliff-P
Posted 05/02/2013 - 19:47 Link
Just trying out a Pentax M 1.7 50mm lens on my GX10, How do I set the camera up to accept manual lenses please? top screen shows a flashing F.

Any help appreciated.
Cliff.




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Nikon D750, D7000 , Nikkor 80-400, 70-300 and 18-200 lenses
johnriley
Posted 05/02/2013 - 19:50 Link
Look in the custom menu for Use of Aperture Ring and set that to "premitted" - then use stop down metering and it should work.
Best regards, John
Cliff-P
Posted 05/02/2013 - 19:53 Link
Thanks for a quick reply John, I`ll check it now.
Cliff.




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Nikon D750, D7000 , Nikkor 80-400, 70-300 and 18-200 lenses
col55555ine
Posted 05/02/2013 - 19:56 Link
in menu there will be setting, Using Aperture Ring" select "Permitted".
k-5 IIs, Pentax 60-250, 17-70, 100macro WR, 50mm F2,
AF50 F1.4, Siggy 10-20, Siggy 100-300 F4, ..Pentax Af 160 ring flash
Edited by col55555ine: 05/02/2013 - 19:56
Cliff-P
Posted 05/02/2013 - 20:07 Link
Thanks John and Col sorted
Cliff.




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Nikon D750, D7000 , Nikkor 80-400, 70-300 and 18-200 lenses
Jonathan-Mac
Posted 05/02/2013 - 22:01 Link
Put the camera in M mode, use the green button to meter and then shoot. My K200D underexposes by around 2/3 of a stop from the metering in this mode, I think yours will too as it's about the same age. After metering, click the wheel twice to increase the exposure time before shooting (or open the aperture one or two notches more).

I'd also recommend shooting in RAW so that you can recover a bit if the exposure is still off.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses

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