leaf shuter lenses

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i am interested in the new 67ii pentax and i would like to know what is the leaf shutter lense and what it does. i ask this because i would like this camera to work with flash sync at 1/500sec,and as i understand i must have this kind of lense. if that is the case,can i buy it with this lens?

-- Costantinos Andreou (costantinos_a@hotmail.com), January 21, 2002

Answers

Costantinos,

If you need flash sync at 1/500, you will need a leaf shutter lens. At the moment, Pentax only make a 165mm f4 leaf shutter lens for the 67 system. There used to be a 90mm f2.8 leaf shutter lens as well (which I think hasn't been made since the mid-1980s). You can still pick these up secondhand, but you need to be careful about the condition of the shutter mechanism. They come up from time to time on www.ebay.com. Be aware that the two lenses work in slightly different ways (see earlier threads for information on this).

Regarding your question about buying the camera with this lens, it should be possible. The camera is available as part of a kit with the 105mm f2.4 and the AE prism. BUT it is also available separately. So you could buy the camera and prism separately and then buy the lens. However, this often works out as much more expensive, so you may be better buying the kit, and then buying the lens.

Hope this helps!

-- Ed Hurst (BullMoo@hotmail.com), January 22, 2002.


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