Yes, they work fine when manually stopped down to taking aperture. Metering
is the same as with M/K-bayonet lenses: press the AE-Lock (or Green button on
the D) and the body will set a shutter speed to match your aperture setting
(presuming the aperture is stopped down). All auto exposure modes default to
Aperture priority and, since you're stopping the lens down manually, it's
actually a little more useful than with the M/K-bayonet lenses.
I find the M/K-bayonet operation with Manual mode and the AE-Lock button to
be useful but a little clumsy. For lenses that I don't use often (like the
M85 or Zenitar 16) it works well enough, but I prefer to stick with A series
and later lenses so I can use all the metering facilities of the DS body.
Godfrey
Pretty much sums up my sentiments as well. Basically, the
requirement of stop-down metering on the screwmount lenses makes them
*less* clumsy to use than the K/M lenses. Once you chose what aperture
you want, the exposure is automatic. Opening up the lens to aid focus is
the only drawback. With the K/M, you need to hit the AE/Green button for
*every* shot if you want the meter to be updated.
The other issue with K/M/S lenses (at least on the -DS) is that
the built-in flash becomes dumb. It fires fully and requires some
tweaking to get the exposure right. I hear with the -D, the builtin will
be TTL with non-A lenses, so that will help. Looks like I need an
external flash
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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