You cant do shutter priority AE with K/M lenses if that is what you mean....On any Pentax camera. JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Waller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! Or you can do a custom function (green button in manual) and have it do shutter priority. Pretty handy. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > It does what amounts to aperture priority with a simple push of the > green button. It will set the shutter speed automatically, so you really have only one motion to complete, pushing the button. I don't understand why some feel this is difficult. I do it in situations with constantly changing exposure and have never experienced a problem or felt inconvenienced. > > > > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > > > It now does open aperture metered manual and Aperure Priority AE, > > -ON THE FLY- like every Pentax film camera always did? JCO > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:59 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > > > I didn't know you were using an *istD, JCO. Mine works fine with K > > and M lenses. I use them nearly every day. > > > > > > > "as Good" ?? It sucks now, I don't see how it could get any worse. > > > It should get better, not worse. Not fully supporting the "K" > > > mount is a crock of shit IMHO. There are many fine K and M lenses > > > that are being crippled by pentax *istD for zero technical > > > reasons. But this is old argument.... JCO > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:37 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > > > > > > While I understand that it's too early to make final judgments, is > > > there anything to suggest that the support won't be as good? > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > From: Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Only if the K/M support is at least as good as the *ist-D has > > > > now. > > > > > > > >Hmmm .... just thinking out loud here ... that M24~35 zoom in > > > > >the > > > equipment > > > > >drawer should make a pretty nice "normal" lens for the istDS. > > > > > > > > >
