Originally posted by photolady95 Any of them will work on a Pentax DSLR. If they fit the ME Super without an adapter
Not quite.
All original Pentax lenses will, and most 3rd party ones, too.
However, there are 2 groups of lenses which were alright with the ME Super, but should be used with Pentax AF cameras (SLR and DSLR) only after some minor surgery:
- Some Ricoh K-mount lenses, and 3rd party lenses designed for the Ricoh version of the K-mount or dual Pentax/Ricoh use. These MAY have a pin for aperture control of Ricoh SLRs which could lock into the AF screw drive of Pentax AF bodies, making it impossible to remove the lens.
- 3rd party lenses with an extended protection flange for the aperture actuator (compared to original Pentax lenses). This may prevent attaching on K-mount bodies either supporting Power Zoom, or lenses with built-in AF motor.
Both these would mostly be lenses offered before Pentax started with the Z / PZ film body series. You can find multiple threads in this forum and elsewhere on the web, how to make these lenses working. It's not difficult.
Last edited by RKKS08; 02-13-2015 at 10:36 AM.
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