Fair comment. I haven't found a problem with AF speed, personally, but I don't have an f2.8 telephoto
Coupled with the SMC-F 70-210 and SMC-FA 80-320 it performs very well.
Matt

I have the Pentax AF 1.7x adapter and have got some great results using it.

It's also an interesting thing because it focusses internally, allowing you to use a manual focus lens in AF mode! And it's also useful for large lenses, since the lens itself doesn't focus, but only the AF adapter. Makes it nice and quick!

Matt

You must be pleased with that lens
Thanks for sharing.
Matt

Hahay. Here's the list:
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/Pentax.html

I'd like to know directly from Pentax what the score is

Malcolm, it's a good point. I actually wondered whether it might affect focussing since the *ist-D focusses on the hypofocal point. But I couldn't prove anything

As far as I know the lens has a two-byte ID code that is stored in the EXIF. I do remember seeing a list of them somewhere on the 'net...

Matt

Kimbo - that link is actually a "lens" that mounts on the body.
The Pentax one has a 52mm thread that goes on the end of an existing lens.

All sounds fun to me

Matt

Hi all

Stumbled on this on the Japanese Pentax site:
http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp/en/35mm/ist-ds2/accessory.html

Is a 52mm "filter" that creates a stereo image. Sounds completely whacky and a great deal of fun.

If anyone's got one, let me know what it's like!!

Matt

Very interesting site, George!

I'm dreaming about the FA* 85/1.4 ....
Send me a private message before you sell (Though £650 is too steep for me, I'm afraid )

Matt

Krakkone,
(I deleted the cross post - there's no need to post in separate forum areas )

I' can't speak from experience about the 32Z2 & SCA374/2AF. However, I have the 50MZ5 and the latest SCA-3702 adapter for Pentax. That gives the following functions:
* Trailing curtain sync
* Full TTL (but not P-TTL - the preflash TTL as used in the Pentax AF360)
* and others that I can't remember

It doesn't, unfortunately, do flash exposure compensation. That said, though, it works very well (as you'd expect from a Metz).

I've done a search and found a useful table:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/charts/comp_metzflash_pentax.html

Pentax compatibility between models is superb. You should have exactly the same options as the MZ-50/MZ-5n etc.

Hope that helps,
Matt

You can all the spares you need from your local Pentax office. They've been very helpful when I've lost eyecups.

...and when you discover the price you'll probably look after them more I know I pay a lot more attention to the "bits"

Matt