Tele-convertor

haydnw
Posted 30/12/2008 - 19:36 Link
My latest ebay bargain? arrived today, a Takumar - A 2X Tele-converter.

I tried it on My Samsung GX 1S with my SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 and it works fine however the same lens and teleconverter fitted to my Pentax K20d won't work properly - with the lens aperture ring on the 'A' setting it stops down to f22 and the viewfinder is very dark, I can get it to work by enabling use of the aperture ring in the camera menu and setting the apertures manually but don't understand why the 'A' setting doesn't work.

Any help would be gratefully received.
Haydn

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Samsung GX1S, Nikon D300, Zenith 12XP, Olympus OM10, Holga 120N
rhayles
Posted 04/01/2009 - 10:25 Link
Hi Haydn. My Takumar works effectively with all my lens on the K10D. Can only suggest you visit a friendly Pentax retailer and ask them to try it on a K20D. I have no experience of the K20d and none of my friends have this camera. Not much help, I'm afraid. regards Ronald.
haydnw
Posted 04/01/2009 - 23:02 Link
Ronald,

Thanks for your reply, I am fairly sure that there isn't a problem with my K20 body but then again the convertor works with my Samsung
Haydn

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Samsung GX1S, Nikon D300, Zenith 12XP, Olympus OM10, Holga 120N

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