hi, I don't think anyone was arguing that the green mode wasn't quicker and easier than pure manual modes, the issue is is as easy or quick as true AE modes....Secondly, there are very few if any K mount cameras that had stop down K/M metering before the isTD. Open aperture metering was standard on all of them even the cheapies like the K1000 or third party bodies. Stop down metering WAS history by the time the K mount was introduced... JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm I find hitting the green button, as well as the stop-down metering method, easier and quicker than adjusting shutter speed on my KR-5sv. KNob twiddling is just not as quick. -Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > In what way is it easier? The fact that those cameras don't have an > automatic shutter speed? Sorry but that analysis is just so much > sophistry, > but to follow that logic, or lack there of, why not compare that to > other cameras that were designed for those lenses like the K2 or the > ME, it what way is the green button/AE lock method superior? > > I personally have noticed inconsistent metering results with a variety > of K/M lenses when using the green button method. The meter just > isn't as accurate or responsive as the level of light decreases, > that's just a fact of life. I don't have those problems when the > lenses are used on the MX and LX. The saving grace of the D is being > able to check the histogram when exposure is critical, but in many > situations it would be nice to be able to just trust the meter. > Unfortunately just due to the nature of the beast you can't. > > Mark Roberts wrote: >
