Originally posted by kcobain1992 ....I take it that those Zeiss lenses are A-type, aren't they?
I did not plan it this way, but I have more than a couple of manual lenses, some with the same focal length.
The new Zeiss ZK lenses, of which I have one of - the 25mm/2.8 is a semi A lens. I say semi A lens in that it does go into "A" mode and report aperture, however it does not identify itself as a Zeiss lens to the camera and therefore its identity is not recorded in the EXIF Meta Data of the image.
I also have a couple Contax Carl Zeiss lenses, the 28/2.8 Distagon, along with the 85/2.8 Sonnar, and a old Leica R 28/2.8. These are just plain K lenses (I remounted the mounts with Leitax.com mounts). As such no "A" mode, no aperture reporting (thus the camera defaults to f2.4) and no lens identity in the EXIF. I also have a few Pentax manual lenses, the Tak 135/2.5, M50/1.4, M150/2.8, Super Tak 85/1.8 , Tak 55/1.8 and K 28/2.8 Shift. I would like to be able to maintain EXIF data across all of these.
It would be nice if Pentax provided the ability to enter Lens' ID strings such that after you select the focal length, you then can select the appropriate Lens ID to be recorded into the EXIF. Also, it would be nice to enable you the thumb wheel the aperture to match the aperture ring so that the aperture could be recorded correctly (if you so choose).
I am expecting that what ever new camera Pentax brings out will have all the separate features of the K-01 / K30 / K5 / K5II and IIs combined together.