I could get an *istD because I have three F Pentax lenses. But I have five K primes that I really love, which won't work on the D, so I guess I'll be content to shoot digital with my Optio 230 Pentax.
Jim A. > From: Arnold Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:59:45 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: My own little *ist D review > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:55:15 -0400 > > This would really be a very drastic way to have the *ist D meter with K > and M lenses at alle apertures. However, it would only work in Av mode. > In manual mode the meter would still be OFF. And you would have to use > your "crippled" lenses with real aperture metering, only, on your film > bodies, too. > > Arnold > > Cotty schrieb: > >> On 17/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> >> >> >>> In AV mode, with K and M lenses (as >>> well as with A/F/FA lenses not in "A" position), one gets operation >>> wide-open, only. The aperture simply will not stop down to the value >>> selected on the aperture ring, but it will stay wide open all the time, >>> not only when metering but also when DOF previewing as well as during >>> exposure. The metering is correct for wide open. To have the lens stop >>> down to the selected value in AV mode, one needs to unlock the lens and >>> turn it 15 degrees anti-clockwise. The aperture levers of camera and >>> lens disengage so that the diaphragm stops down. In AV mode, one can >>> thus have real aperture metering, even with exposure lock (With srew >>> mount and manual aperture lenses one always gets this withiout having to >>> unlock the lens). I have tried this several time, and it works well >>> enough. However, one must take care that the lens stays in the right >>> position. Others have suggested a solution for this problem. >>> >>> >> >> Okay, I'm finally getting my head around this incompatibility issue with >> K and M lenses not metering on the *ist D. Thanks for spelling it out Arnold. >> >> ...So one other (theoretical) way to solve the problem, a rather drastic >> way admittedly, is to remove the aperture lever from the back of the >> lens, right? This way, the lens would act as if it was not mounted on a >> body, and the aperture blades would remain 'stopped down' so when the >> aperture was adjusted, the diaphragm would adjust in size and allow light >> to vary and so the camera would meter properly in AV or Manual. >> Theoretically, am I right? >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps >> _____________________________ >> Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk >> >> >> >> > >
