On Dec 3, 2010, at 4:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > The Kenko AF converter would not require you to have auto-focus lenses, but > the capability would be there for the future if you ever wanted it. You > wouldn't have to buy another converter to add auto-focus. > > In the meantime, the Kenko converter should be backward compatible with the > 'A' and 'M' lenses in addition to having the contacts necessary to use it > with auto-focus lenses. > > Just as a guess, I would suspect the 'A' in "A2X-S" indicates the converter > has the contacts necessary for 'A' lenses to function *as* 'A' lenses when > used with the converter, and that 'M' lenses will function as 'M' lenses when > used with it. > > But since, there's no 'F' in the nomenclature, it probably doesn't support > auto-focus.
Thanks, John. Cost is a consideration for me right now -- and likely for the rest of my life! Can't be sure what the A2X-S will go for, but I've got my fingers crossed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
