Actually they give you the option of using either a crippled hyper
manual or stop down manual metering.
Set your *ist-DS to manual, set the lens to the shooting aperture, press
the AE lock button, the lens
will stop down and, if the light level is within the light sensing range
of the camera, the shutter will be set to
the proper speed. Then take your photo normally. (It takes longer to
explain than than is required to do it).
If you want stop down manual metering, set the *ist-Ds to manual hold in
the DOF preview. The Lens stops down
to taking aperture and the metering bar graph turns on. Adjust the
shutter speed or aperture ring until the graph centers
release the DOF lever and shoot.
Both work well as long as your aware that if there is too little light
to give an accurate meter reading the camera will set it's
shutter speed to the slowest speed available at some magic ev that it
thinks is appropriate, it just won't be right.
Barry Rice wrote:
Hey Folks,
When I'm using my old lenses that do not have an "A" setting, like my SMC
200mm F4, on my *ist-DS, I gather that the "crippled mount" only allows me
to shoot with the lens wide open.
Is it true that I can't use this lens in my *ist-DS at F22, because the lens
doesn't close down during the exposure? I've been trying to figure out how
to do this, but haven't been successful.
Barry
Barry A. Rice, Ph.D.
Invasive Species Specialist
Invasive Species Initiative
The Nature Conservancy
V: 530-754-8891
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu
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