Originally posted by Carol I just purchased the K-5 from Amazon. I had ordered the Sigma 17-70 2.8 macro OS HSM zoom lens to go with it, then read horrible reviews about the seller. I canceled that portion of the order, but now I am left with a camera and no lens. Can someone point me to a reliable dealer for this lens ? I am enxious to get started with my camera as soon as it arrives. If this is the wrong place to post this, please forgive. This lens seemed to give the most for my limited budget. ($500) I have tons of manual lenses from my old ME Super that I am hoping I can learn to use with the new baby. Thanks so much for any help. Brand new to the forum Carol
You didn't say exactly what you had form the ME days, but if any of your lenses
are new enough to have the "A" position on the aperture ring, there is no learning curve. Set the aperture to the "A" position and use the lens. It will vary from the new ones only in that you will have to manually focus.
there is some learning curve on the older lenses that were actually contemporary
to your ME Super., as the 'A' position on the aperture ring was introduced with
the 'Super Program' camera body---the next model after your ME super in around 1984.
For the 'A' lenses you will need to do two other minor things. You will need to
set the focus control lever (on the lower left front beside the lens mount to "MF" for "manual Focus", and you will get a flashing message on the screen on the back of the camera wanting you to enter the focal length of the lens to assist the
shake reduction algorithm in implementing shake reduction because the camera
body can't tell what the focal length is of these old lenses.