> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Now that you've described it fully, yes it seems normal, that's exactly > how my DS works. It half sleeps and has to be awakened with a kiss to > it shutter button before it will respond to the AE lock button.
Thanks. I missed some posts from last night so this will be a catchall answer. Every camera I have owned up to now has had either just a meter or had other electronics that sleep at the same time as the meter. When I saw the LCD still activated on the DL2, I assumed that the beast was awake completely. Hence my concern that metering apparently didn't work on pressing the AE-L button. Being four-eyed, I cannot see the whole of the information in the viewfinder and, even when looking for it, often find it hard to discern against background illumination. Now; why should the camera have separate "alive" times for the meter and everything else? Just a power saver? m > > mike wilson wrote: > > >Brand new and freshly recharged. Might not be up to full capacity. > > > >It's very consistent now. Turn off and on; no stopdown. Half press > >shutter; works. Between 5 and 10 seconds later; stopped working. Half > >press; back again. > > > >Does everyone else's kludge work as soon as the camera is turned on? Does > >it stop before the camera sleeps? > > > > > > > > > >>From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Date: 2006/06/15 Thu AM 10:17:02 GMT > >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: My kludge is broken > >> > >>Your batteries are bad. Buy some lithiums and be done with it. > >>Paul > >>On Jun 15, 2006, at 4:59 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I think.... > >>> > >>>ist DL2. I had the batteries out for some time, charging. When I > >>>mounted a plain vanilla K lens, the AE-L button would not stop it down > >>>for a reading. Tried a couple of different ones, made sure it was in > >>>manual; no effect. > >>> > >>>Went into the menu and checked that aperture ring use was allowed; > >>>tick. It's the default, anyway. > >>> > >>>Came out of the menu and it worked. > >>> > >>>Switch it off and on; doesn't work. Touch the shutter button; works. > >>>Leave it five seconds; doesn't work, even though the display is still > >>>working. > >>> > >>>Now, I'm nervous. > >>> > >>>m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
