Hello all

Does anyone have experience with this combination?

Have seen a new EF 430 ST Pentax fit for 65GBP, which seems a reasonable price.

Are there problems/disadvantages I should know about?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Graham

Hi Kim

Thanks for that info.

The price is new from a local photo shop here in Germany, I can't find it on the web for less than about 90GBP, haven't seen any 2nd hand either.
Will have to think it over.

Regards

Graham

This month's Color Foto magazine in Germany suggests that the new DSLR will cost €750(495 sterling). Will be interesting to see where Pentax will apply the( at this price) inevitable compromises.

Can anyone help re the Cable Switch F and CS 205 with MZ7?
What are the differences/restrictions etc in use?
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Grahamb

Thanks johnriley, now I know how to do it.

What a great forum this is, lots of knowledgeable people willing to reply and help out.

Regards

grahamb

Hi Kim,

Yes, thanks that helps a lot.

Just one thing, you said if I don't have depth of field preview (I don't) to just focus as normal. Surely then I'd no longer be focusing at the correct distance, or do you mean I focus normally to see DOF and then re-focus on the DOF scale markings? I'm a little confused here

One more point, I heard that if you focus a little back from infinity when using a zoom or telephoto lens that has no depth of field scale, you can use the hyperfocal distance. Just how much back from infinity and how you calculate it with the sparse markings available is my question. Your views on this?

Regards

Grahamb

Thanks for your comments, George.
I also have a FA 1.7 50mm, which is excellent. But as I'm a novice I have perhaps a stupid question. Is the scale with 22 16 8 between the distance scale and PENTAX 50 a depth of field scale? The instructions only mention infra-red so I'm not sure. If so, and if I split the infinity symbol at 22 ,for example, and read off at the third mark on the right, about 1.7m, is this half the hyperfocal distance and the distance from which everything to infinity will be sharp? Presuming aperture to be F22, of course.
Any advice, comments would be great.
Thanks.

Useful info, thanks johnriley.
When I get my M 28mm 2.8 (this week I hope) will I have aperture priority and manual only or are other combinations possible with the MZ7?
I read on Stan's Pentax site to keep away from the M 28mm 2.8, any comments on this view?
Thanks again

Regards

grahamb

Useful info, thanks johnriley.
When I get my M 28mm 2.8 (this week I hope) will I have aperture priority and manual only or are other combinations possible with the MZ7?
I read on Stan's Pentax site to keep away from the M 28mm 2.8, any comments on this view?
Thanks again

Regards

grahamb

Sorry also meant to ask just what difference centre-weighted metering makes when compared to MZ7's matrix metering.
Thanks
grahamb