On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 02:27:31PM -0400, gfen wrote: > > So... I have to set the aperature from the camera body? I don't have the > privlege of doing it the right way, with the ring on the lens itself?
Not if you want to use the automatic exposure features of the body. If you want to set the aperture the "right" way (guess you've never used a really long telephoto lens on a monopod - you don't have a hand anywhere near the aperture ring) then you're just going to have to set the shutter speed the "right" way yourself. And what's wrong with pushing a button to meter? It was good enough for the Spotmatic; this new-fangled full-time, full-aperture metering is for wimps who don't know how to do it the right way. Not that real photographers need a meter, anyway. Get some "new" lenses (that's anything made in the last 25+ years) and you'll be able to use all the features of the body, including spot metering (not available with older lenses). Or switch to a DSLR manufacturer with a better backwards compatibility story than Pentax. Oh, wait - there aren't any. Still, switch anyway - that will show them! > Sigh, I guess it was a sign of the times when the FAJ without the > aperature rings came out. I presume the "DA" lenses are specifically > designed to not cover full frame and are also FAJ mount? Yep. You're right, too, that you're just rehashing old arguments that have been played out here, in excruciating detail, too many times. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
