Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, I am confused...my Pentax PZ1-P does not provide any focus confirmation when I mount a Pentax K mount lens on it. I realize that it is not in the same class as Nikon F5, but it is after all Pentax's top-of-line SLR and not cheap. Am I missing something really simple? Nathan Alan Ball wrote: > Lucien, > > As a matter of fact, ALL autofocus bodies provide focus confirmation with > compatible mount, manual, electronics free lenses (most Nikons and all > Pentax show complete backward compatibility in that respect). AFAIK, you > will also get focus confirmation with a Leica R or a M42 lens mounted on an > EOS body. There is no need for electronics in lenses for focus assistance > applications: the sensors are in the body and they telemeter points as they > will appear on the film plane. Electronics come in handy for sophisticated > TTL flash management, and, depending on the supplier's architecture, > reliable, non-mechanical, interactive management of the iris. > > Alan-- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator