Greg. Thank you. The foil trick worked. I'll remove some paint and take it out for a walk later.

Andy.

Thanks for all the replies and the welcomes!

Gregmoll, the base of the lens does cover the contacts, but it is coated black, so will not short anything out!

Would I get over this with a bit of wet and dry to expose some metal where the contacts are? [I'm presuming that the contacts are the 'ball bearings' that are in an arc on the contact face?]

This way would the camera also recognise a lens and ask for the focal length?...I presume without this I'm not getting any stabilisation either!

Thanks

Andy

Hi,

I have just picked up a K100D plus a Pentax-A 50mm 1:1.7 and a Beck 135mm 1:1.28.

Now from what I have read [and remember I'm new to this] they both should give a focus confirmation beep/red dot/symbol at bottom of the viewfinder.

In reality when I fit the A 1.7 the camera asks for it's focal length and I get the focus confirmation. The Beck is manual and the camera does not ask for the focal length nor give focus confirmation.

Info is from http://pentaxdigital.tdn9.be//?page_id=4 and I have set the camera up as they suggest.

I'm not too bothered as I have taken some good shots of the squirrels on the bird table but if I am missing something...please advise!

Many thanks

Andy