New to this camera, always had instant cameras, but, on the lens, there is the focus ring, but what is the other ring for ? The smaller one in front
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All micro four thirds cameras have autofocus, it means you don't use focus ring, it is automatically doing. But, if you want it, they have a manual mode (need to change mode in config) and you can rotate that ring. The focus ring is small and in front of lens, you're right.
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Well, the smaller ring in front is the focus ring. The larger ring is manual zoom.BTW, this is a spectacular lens! I've taken some excellent photos with it, hand-held on full zoom
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The fat ring closer to the camera is the zoom ring, the thin ring closer to the front of the lens is the focus ring.
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This item of three different length rings moves your lens focus point which makes it a close up lens. You attach the ring to your camera then attach your lens. This changes the focus point allowing you to get very close to your subject. Using 2 or all 3 tubes together lets you get extremely close. Subjects such as insects, jewelry or the stamen of a flower can be taken and enlarged to see all the detail. The reason these rings are so cheap is they are manual rings. This means you have to set the aperture and focus the camera manualy. This is not a big deal. I have taken some amazing pictures of lady bugs and could see the hair like texture on its antennas. This item of three different length rings moves your lens focus point which makes it a close up lens. You attach the ring to your camera then attach your lens. This changes the focus point allowing you to get very close to your subject. Using 2 or all 3 tubes together lets you get extremely close. Subjects such as insects, jewelry or the stamen of a flower can be taken and enlarged to see all the detail. The reason these rings are so cheap is they are manual rings. This means you have to set the aperture and focus the camera manualy. This is not a big deal. I have taken some amazing... » Read More This item of three different length rings moves your lens focus point which makes it a close up lens. You attach the ring to your camera then attach your lens. This changes the focus point allowing you to get very close to your subject. Using 2 or all 3 tubes together lets you get extremely close. Subjects such as insects, jewelry or the stamen of a flower can be taken and enlarged to see all the detail. The reason these rings are so cheap is they are manual rings. This means you have to set the aperture and focus the camera manualy. This is not a big deal. I have taken some amazing pictures of lady bugs and could see the hair like texture on its antennas. « Show Less
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No what full time manual focus means is you can correct the focus as the focus ring stays connected and you can override auto focus at any time after it has locked focus, however as I have never had any pictures not pin sharp from this lens relying on auto-focus I never have to use the manual focus ring, the lens snaps in to focus first touch of the shutter every time, just wish my other lenses were as good as this one at getting it right when you need it, best 300 on the market IMO, much prefer this to the 2.8 version.
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Can one simply turn off the autofocus and use the manual focus ring while in video mode? I hope so, I just ordered a HS20. Should have it early next week.
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yeah, the macro mode lets you take close up images. Got the camera a few days ago and it too pretty nice pics of my fav. ring! The ring is focused, but background will be blurry
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I found it. The menu has a setting for a lens that has an aperture ring. So all I did was change the setting to "permitted" and it worked. So thanks to K. Johnson for the response and I will now put this forum to rest. What a great little camera, the Pentax Kx! And I just found out that it takes multiple exposure pictures; how much fun is that?
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The gear that interfaces with the ring on the lens can be pulled out and placed on the opposite side of the follow focus, allowing the focus to pull in the opposite direction. This does require sliding the follow focus back along your rails closer to the camera, which could cause problems with some shorter lenses, but has worked fine for me so far.
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It has that standard AF/MF switch on the side. Set to MF and you adjust the focus with the ring. It's like the other lenses I've used from Canon and others. I'm not sure what slip-ring would be, unless you mean it focuses and then you change it. I haven't tried that.
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I think I'm missing a ring too, it has a ring, but the ring says "S7/58mm" on it. It attached just fine to an 18-55 lens because it's a 58. It does NOT attached to a 50mm lens because it's a 52. Someone else is saying the ring should say 46-58 but it only says 58.
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I just got this lens and cannot figure out how to adjust the aperture... I can only take photos in f/22 otherwise it tells me to "lock lens aperture ring at minimum aperture" even if I put it in M (manual) mode. How do I change it so the aperture is adjustable and not fixed?
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That light is the autofocus. A trick is to point the light to something the same distance away while pressing the shutter button halfway. Once it is done focusing, move the camera to capture the real scene. Not easy to do.
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The lens has a manual aperture ring and focus ring on the lens, so the camera doesn't control the aperture, you do, on the lens.
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Yes Debra, I see lens rings and they are too on pictures. All that you can doo is make sure to zoom out till you lose rings. sorry about that, I did not know before either.
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yeah, i had one with a bad focus ring. returned it, got a new one and now it works awesome!
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There is two ways of getting your S/N#: (1) On the len's focus ring, you will see "A009N-xxxxxx" (just on the left of MAKE IN JAPAN"). P.S. The xxxxxx is etched onto the lens. (2) The S/N# is on the top left corner of the original tamron box. It is kind of big. P.S. I have to cut it out from the box in order to get the current $100 rebate from Tamron. If you cannot find it, you should bug the seller on why. May be it is gray market, or second hand. Good luck.KC
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it is basically sticker style - protective clear plastic is being attached to the LCD with sticker and you put viewfinder over it and it was not an issue for me. My issue was that there's no focus ring. Yes, it's just fixed focus. So I sold it and got other one with focus control instead.
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This ring has male threads on both sides. It enables you to put two lenses together for macro-photography. Normally you would use a small prime lens mounted in reverse in front of a longer lens, such as a 50mm lens in front with a perhaps 100mm lens(or a zoom) mounted on the camera in the normal way. Your brand of camera is irrelevant as the ring screws into the lens and is not attached directly to the camera. You are then using the prime lens mounted in reverse as a substitute for a closeup filter. Generally people use this setup to get magnifications higher than 1:1. You can use this ring in conjunction with a step-up ring if necessary to adjust to your particular pair of lenses. This ring has male threads on both sides. It enables you to put two lenses together for macro-photography. Normally you would use a small prime lens mounted in reverse in front of a longer lens, such as a 50mm lens in front with a perhaps 100mm lens(or a zoom) mounted on the camera in the normal way. Your brand of camera is irrelevant as the ring screws into the lens and is not attached directly to the camera. You are then using the prime lens mounted in reverse as a substitute for a closeup filter. Generally people use this setup to get magnifications higher than 1:1. You can use this ring... » Read More This ring has male threads on both sides. It enables you to put two lenses together for macro-photography. Normally you would use a small prime lens mounted in reverse in front of a longer lens, such as a 50mm lens in front with a perhaps 100mm lens(or a zoom) mounted on the camera in the normal way. Your brand of camera is irrelevant as the ring screws into the lens and is not attached directly to the camera. You are then using the prime lens mounted in reverse as a substitute for a closeup filter. Generally people use this setup to get magnifications higher than 1:1. You can use this ring in conjunction with a step-up ring if necessary to adjust to your particular pair of lenses. « Show Less