Insult or not, of there's a profot in it , it will come. Other wise probably not. To me it seems PTTL works very well, judging from the built in flash. Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Thibouille Sendt: 26. juni 2006 23:38 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: DL and K-lenses - "other than a" Note that Metz did very recently come with a Metz 45 version allowing ETTL etc. Of course no PTTL rom Metz which is is an insult to Pentax IMO. 2006/6/26, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Woo-hoo ! > Thanks Lou! Great, so it works like the green button on the D! > I am very pleased. :-)) > > Now my only wish (concerning the DL) would be to make TTL flash work right. > Do I really need a PTTL flash for this? > I guess I wont be buying into this, since I have invested quite heavily in > Metz (45's and one 60 as well as one AF500 FTZ), which works fine one the D > as well as my much loved MZ-S. > > Regards > > > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Lou > Billing > Sendt: 26. juni 2006 01:05 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: RE: DL and K-lenses - "other than a" > > > > > Godfrey, I too have noticed the rather late actuation of the iris blades > > ???? > > I'm afraid you are right, Godfrey. The camera seem to chose the same speed > > regardless of the aperture setting - meaning it fires wide open :-( > > However, in Manual mode this is not the case. The aperture works in time. > > But the speed has to be set manually. If you turn the wheel while holding > > down the DOF dial, the viewfinder will tell you how many stops > > you are off. > > You can correct the exposure with the thumb wheel (until the reading says > > 0.0). Then you'll get correctly exposed images. > > But i's troublesome - adn will keep me from using M or K lenses, except > > maybe for flash photography. > > > > Regards > > Jens > > > > Jens, with the mode dial on M, simply set the aperture with the aperture > ring on the lens and press the AE-L button and the camera will set the > correct shutter speed for the scene. When the scene changes, just hit AE-L > again. You must first go into the custom menu and set "Use Aperture Ring" to > "OK" though. Just leave that as the default. I believe that this replaces > the Green Button on the D. > > Lou > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 06/25/2006 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ---------------------- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 06/25/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 06/25/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

