Actually, the *ist should work fine with a Mirror lens in Av mode. It meters wide open in Av mode with K/M and M42 lenses.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > Weren't you the person who first pointed out to the list that there were > still K mount lenses listed on the Pentax websites as current? I seem > to remember you were. After all what good is auto focus on a shift > lens, or even A functionality on a mirror telephoto among others. Yet > the then current TOL film camera couldn't meter with them. I expect > them to act the same way as any marketing company from here on in. > > William Robb wrote: > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "P. J. Alling" >>Subject: Re: K10D - More News >> >> >> >> >> >>>They've never screwed with their customers like that before. Well not >>>until the introduction of the *ist Film and Digital introduction that >>>is. Try to meter with a pre-A lens on the film *ist and let me know >>>how >>>that works for ya. >>> >>> >> >>It's amazing really. >>A company limits support for 25 year old equipment, and suddenly they >>are screwing people? >>Pentax new that the film ist was going to sell to kit lens users, and no >>one else. >>They haven't screwed anyone. >> >>William Robb >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
