Originally posted by Rico
To clarify it sounds like setting focal length is basically the same step at start up using pre A lenses. Good news they added a focal length widget in the info button screen. Is this the first implementation of this or does the KP have such a widget? The A-series manual lenses do have contacts but have always needed focal length input.
Can you dial in Aperture value using M mode?
Thanks mtkeller.
The focal length input is now a bit nicer, as it gives you four digits and you can enter whatever you want, rather than having to select from a limited list. They also give you a list and it sounds like things you have manually entered will be added to it. I can only speak for the K-70, but it has a focal length widget one can put on the info screen, and I have just discovered that one can use it to change the focal length.
I can confirm that in M and B modes, you can record aperture information by cranking the aperture e-dial. The green button for stop-down metering in M mode also continues to work.
I'm too lazy to run downstairs right now to grab an A-series manual lens, but I would be surprised if Pentax suddenly found a way to obtain the focal length from them when they hadn't been able to do so before.