On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 01:33:35AM +0200, Juan Buhler wrote: > This is so obvious that I?m surprised I haven?t seen it here before. I > probably just missed it, but I only thought of it today, while > shooting with the K24/3.5: > > - Set the camera to P > - Dial the aperture I want > - Set the exposure compensation in the camera so it will overexpose by > as many stops as the difference between my selected aperture and the > maximum aperture of the lens. > > Now the camera will expose correctly at the selected aperture. If you > change it, you have to change the compensation accordingly. But as > long as you keep the same aperture, the camera will set the shutter > speed correctly as the light changes. Not fully automatic aperture > priority, but an alternative to the green button option. It also has > the limitation of being able to use apertures that are within 3 stops > of full open, but that's rarely a problem for me, especially with the > K24/3.5. > > Anyone here using K or M lenses that way?
No, for a very good reason - the camera doesn't work that way. It doesn't really matter what aperture you set on the lens. Not only does the camera meter at full aperture (as you know) - it will also expose at full aperture, without stopping down to your selected aperture (it does seem to briefly stop the lens down at one point, but this is after the exposure has been made).
