I like mine a lot too. I've been thinking of getting a second one before there are no more. Can't imagine why they're not still made except that it's so hard to explain them to someone used to regular TCs. Probably hard to market but I'll bet they'd sell like crazy now with the "Pentax Glass Rush" in full swing. Good thing I like my Pentax lenses so much or I'd be cashing in on the crazy high prices they're bringing.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 4:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: AF teleconverters > > > Thanks, Don. Nice of you to let me know. I didn't know there was such a > thing. > I love the F 1.7 AF converter. At long distances, I can't focus this > accurate manually. The AF converter simply gives me sharper photographs. > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 4. marts 2005 22:45 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: RE: AF teleconverters > > > Hi Jens, the Pentax 1.7x is a unique tele-converter. > It allows autofocus with manual focus lenses. > The one Amita is referring to is a standard teleconverter that > has a drive rod going thru to the lens. > The lens still does the focusing, the converetr just magnifies. > > Don > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:50 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: AF teleconverters > > > > > > This sounds very odd. > > I would have thought that it worked like the 1.7x Pentax-F, which > > means that > > the lenses inside will slide back and forth when auto focusing is > > activated. > > I would believe that the AF mechanism of the converter should not be > > connected with the AF-rod of the camera lens - at least it > isn't on the > > Pentax-F 1.7 AF Adapter. > > I only have the manual (KAX) version, which works lika any othe > > teleconverter,s except the magification is adjustable. > > > > Regards > > > > Jens Bladt > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 4. marts 2005 03:41 > > Til: [email protected] > > Emne: AF teleconverters > > > > > > I went to B&H tonight to look at the Kenko 2x AF Teleplus MC7 > > Teleconverter. > > It seemed ok; the only thing that was odd was that I couldn't > > manually focus > > the lens with the telecoverter attached even when I switched to > > manual focus > > on the body. The lens seemed to be still controlled by a motor > > even when we > > took the combination off the body. The salesman said this had > something to > > do with "magnets", but I don't believe it. I didn't notice an > AF/MF switch > > on the teleconverter. We tried a different teleconverter and the > > same thing > > happened. > > > > So, are there AF TCs out there that allow you to manually focus, > > or am I out > > of luck there? Any ideas on what was happening in this case? > > > > Thanks, > > Amita > > > > > > > >
