Older pentax's not only gaurenteed that the meeter
would only work within a certian range of shutter
speed/f stop combinations for any givin ASA/DIN they
inforced this by either showing over or under exposure
outside of that acceptable range. The MX for example
at 1/2th second at asa 400 will instantly display a
red underexposure LED because that combination is
outside it's coupling range. In the later Spotmatic
series SP F, SP1000, cameras, and by extension I would
think the K 1000 as well the meter needle pegs at the
top of the display range when outside the coupling
range. As an aside on some screw mount pentaxes the
when the shutter is set outside of it's metering range
for the asa, the shutter index mark changes from black
to red.
Ok that part about the
--- Frank Wajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> in the MX manual I found on the net I saw a table
> saying "meter coupling
> range".
> Can anyone explain me what this means?
>
>
> Frank
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