Juan Buhler mused: > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:36:00 +0930, Peter Loveday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems to me they could allow another mode also; when in 'P', it could > > stop the lens down when you press shutter (which it has to anyway) and take > > an instantaneous reading at that point. > [...] > > This would be great, and doesn't seem like a big firmware change. I > hope Pentax is taking notes...
It would be nice if the camera worked like that in "P" and/or "Av" modes (just what it should do in "Tv" with a K/M lens mounted is a good question). I doubt if Pentax *are* taking notes, though, because I'm pretty sure we suggested this shortly after the first *ist-D bodies showed up in the hands of list members (when we also suggested the "green button" trick). I must admit I'm puzzled as to why the camera behaves as it does with old lenses mounted - in particular I don't understand what purpose is served by having the lens stop down (which it does post-exposure). I can only surmise that there is some necessary side-effect of calling the stop-down subroutine.
