On 9/21/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 21, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried screw mount lenses with the > > *istD/DS? After manually stopping the lens down, does the green > > button workaround work? > > This has been repeated here many times:
Probably on of the many digital discussions that went to /dev/null. <g> > > Screw mount lenses fitted to the D/DS/DL work with metering. They > must be manually stopped down to taking aperture for both exposure > metering and exposure. They work in Av automatic exposure mode and in > Manual/B mode. All other modes default to Av automatic mode. > > - Setting exposure in Manual mode requires setting the lens aperture > to the desired value and then pressing the Green button (D)/AE-Lock > button (DS), which takes a reading and sets the shutter speed. > > - Setting exposure in Av mode requires setting the lens aperture to > the desired value and making a half press on the shutter release to > read out the shutter speed. > That's what I was hoping for. Thank you, sir. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
