At 01:57 AM 1/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 01:54:00 -0500
>From: "dosk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Question on older Pentax Lenses?
>
>Hi
>
>Hey Pentaxia, when you buy an older lens like a Pentax M, I know it doesn't
>register in the auto program feature of my very much liked ZX-M. But does it
>work when I set the ZX-M onto manual?
M lenses work exactly like A lenses in manual exposure.
The AF lenses will additionally provide a display of the aperture in the
finder.
>By "work" I mean, do the little exposure control dots still show up in the
>viewfinder as I manually adjust the M lens stops and the camera's shutter
>speed? Or does one need a separate light meter to figure out stops/speed?
>And what about even older screw mount lenses, with a screw mount converter?
>How would the ZX-M's exposure meter work with them?
The display will be just like M & A lenses, except that it will look
like the DOF preview is on all the time -- the finder brightness will
change as you adjust the aperture on the lens.
>Pardon me ignorance.
>Skip
You are pardoned if you buy more glass -- perhaps from that fellow who just
got done repenting! ;-)
Colli
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