[pdxfive]

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Hey all, so I just bought this awhile back:

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Thinking it would be compatible with my camera. It mounts just fine, but when it is mounted the camera acts very strange. Every time I hit ANY button on the camera, it acts as if it is taking a picture, I think it is stopping the shutter down all the way and then releasing it. It does this every single time I hit a button, and is very annoying. It will still take pictures, but when I try to take a video, it will not work. I have already changed the setting inside the camera to be able to use manual lenses.

Any thoughts?

[bobpur]

Hi

Ahh , another mystery bug.. I had a similar problem with a KX, I found that with one particular lens the aperture lever on the lens was forcing the camera lever
off it's normal " stop " position. Sometimes but not always it would give the camera Convulsions ! After bending the lens arm it stopped doing it.
Also try a piece of Scotch tape to cover the area that covers the camera electrical contacts on the lens, as it could be electrical as well.

[pdxfive]

Thanks Bob, the lens arm did seem a bit bent, and I tried to bend it back but no luck, and as far as I can tell this lens doesn't have any electrical contacts, do you mean just put tape over the metal area that is touching those contacts on the camera?

I did find that if I put the lens on, lock it, then release it and unscrew it a 1/4 turn so the aperture lever isn't engaged, it seems to work ok, though I worry it might fall off if I'm not careful