[Rollin'Art]

I'm new to this forum, so give me a chance to say HI!!!
I'm a retired ARMY, 3rd ID who served my country for 15 years from June 1954 to July 1969 and I'm just getting back with my old Pentax ZX-7 camera. Over the earlier years I had the pleasure to take many memorable photos with my Annie (that's my camera) and have shared photos and hundreds of 35mm slides with my grand children and great grand children.
My other passion was to resurrect a 1953 Ford 100 pickup truck which took me and a top notch body shop four years to finish in 2012. It won the best truck of the year at the Super Nationals F100 show in 2012. Took many pictures too. With the encouragement of one of my grandsons to get back into photography. I found Annie tucked away in a retired box in my garage. So I cleaned her up and she still looks like new. Now's the time that I may need some help to locate some Old-School compatible equipment for Annie.
I'm looking for a 70-300mm zoom lens and a flash unit that is compatible with the TTL and manual flash. Have been doing some research on the web with the help of my grandson.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

[ffking]

You're very welcome - we look forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing your pictures

[jbondo]

Welcome to the forums! do you plan to continue to shoot with a film body? - In general, 70-300 zooms are made for the smaller aps-c sensor size and won't cover the corners of full-frame 35 film.

[victormeldrew]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[Unregistered User 8]

Hi, and welcome from Australia. Good to have you here.

[reh321]

I'm new to this forum, so give me a chance to say HI!!!
I'm a retired ARMY, 3rd ID who served my country for 15 years from June 1954 to July 1969 and I'm just getting back with my old Pentax ZX-7 camera. Over the earlier years I had the pleasure to take many memorable photos with my Annie (that's my camera) and have shared photos and hundreds of 35mm slides with my grand children and great grand children.
My other passion was to resurrect a 1953 Ford 100 pickup truck which took me and a top notch body shop four years to finish in 2012. It won the best truck of the year at the Super Nationals F100 show in 2012. Took many pictures too. With the encouragement of one of my grandsons to get back into photography. I found Annie tucked away in a retired box in my garage. So I cleaned her up and she still looks like new. Now's the time that I may need some help to locate some Old-School compatible equipment for Annie.
I'm looking for a 70-300mm zoom lens and a flash unit that is compatible with the TTL and manual flash. Have been doing some research on the web with the help of my grandson.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

Welcome.

Your best choice for any lens for Annie would be a film lens - perhaps a 'FA' lens; most would be used at this point, but there are many fine lenses out there .... perhaps one would even be listed in the Marketplace here.

[Adam]

I would look at the FA 80-320mm or the FA J 75-300mm (the latter had no aperture ring). Not the fastest to focus, but they'll get the job done

Adam
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[Outlander]

Welcome to the Forum , look forward to seeing some of your photo's ! Cheers!! Alan from the East Coast of Canada

[Kerrowdown]

Welcome to the forum, please post some images of your prize winning truck, in the appropriate section of the forum when you get a chance.

[Mikesul]

Welcome to the forum. Feel free to ask for suggestion in the film and lens sections. Your will get lots of advice, mostly good

[C_Jones]

Welcome to Pentax forums.

[Rollin'Art]

Welcome to the forums! do you plan to continue to shoot with a film body? - In general, 70-300 zooms are made for the smaller aps-c sensor size and won't cover the corners of full-frame 35 film.

Oh Yes I'm still old school camera buff, although I do have a DSLR. I'm looking into a 70-300 zoom. And thank you for your input.
Rollin'Art

[Rollin'Art]

I would look at the FA 80-320mm or the FA J 75-300mm (the latter had no aperture ring). Not the fastest to focus, but they'll get the job done

Thanks for your input. I'm currently looking at a Pentax FA 80-320 specs and reviews. This may work just fine for Annie.


Rollin'Art

[aslyfox]

Welcome

perhaps these charts might prove to be helpful:

Pentax Lens Compatibility Chart
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Pentax bayonet lenses labeled "SMC Pentax" are referred to as "K" lenses in the table below. Other Pentax bayonet lenses have the lens designation as a part of their name as in "SMC Pentax-FA."

Note that "star" lenses work like their "non-star" counterparts: DA* lenses work like DA lenses, FA* like FA, F* like F, A* like A, and M* like M.
Exceptions: FA and F "soft" lenses behave like M lenses in terms of metering.

The Pentax Camera Lens Compatibility Chart

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Pentax K-Mount Lens Series Explained: The differences between various Pentax lens series

In a nutshell

There are several series of Pentax K-mount lenses; the ones currently being produced include the DA (digital), DA L (cheap digital kit), D FA (full-frame, digital optimized), and FA (full-frame) series. While all Pentax K-mount lenses ever produced are compatible with all current Pentax DSLRs (in some cases with restrictions in that not all exposure modes of the camera are supported by old lenses), there are significant differences between each lens series and each has different features. Furthermore some of the newer lenses do not work with older cameras. We'll be exploring the differences between the various K-mount series lenses in this article. Read more about specific K-mount lens/camera compatibility here.

The DLSR designation below encompasses the mirror-less K-01.

Pentax K-Mount Lenses Explained: The differences between various Pentax lens series

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according to the first chart above your film camera a ZX-7 has a KAF mount

KAF: Provides screw-drive autofocus and supports all exposure modes (P, Av, Tv and M) to the extent the camera/lens combination supports it. It is like a KA mount with a drive shaft for autofocus and with an additional electrical contact allowing the camera to read detailed information from the lens (focal length, actual f/stop, and more).

[Rollin'Art]

Aslyfox:
WOW!! What a bundle of information. I appreciate you sending this. Had to read twice, but well worth it. I think I'm going with the FA 80-320mm. Love this forum.
Rollin'Art