All Pentaxes (I think) allow direct aperture setting, but some (A3, ME and variants) do not allow manual setting of the shutter speed.
John On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:20:37 +0100, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an SLR that does not allow direct setting of the aperture? > > Don W > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> On Aug 18, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: >> >>>> Most of my A, F and FA series lenses have never been >>>> taken off the A >>>> setting since I bought them, and I shoot almost 95% >>>> of the time with >>>> the camera in Aperture Priority exposure mode. >>> With the lens on "A" you're actually shooting in >>> Shutter Priority AE mode. >> >> Not true. The aperture of any A/F/FA/DA lens is set by the body in >> all modes with any of the Pentax DSLRs, presuming the aperture ring >> (if the lens has one) is set to the A position. In Av and Manual >> mode, you set the aperture with a control on the body, the body sets >> aperture per your setting. >> >> I understand you are working with an MZ-S, which does not have body- >> controlled manual aperture settings. So a lens without an aperture >> ring can only be set to other than minimum aperture in Program and >> Shutter priority modes. This is different on the DSLR models, which >> operate more in line with the PZ-1p model (at least that's my >> understanding ... I never owned a PZ-1p). >> >>> In any event... >>> >>> While all of what you say is true I will "never" buy a >>> lens without an aperture ring. It just doesn't feel >>> like photography to me at that point. There are >>> certain things, no matter how advanced or tweaked the >>> technology gets, that I just can't do without. The >>> feel of an SLR in my hands without a way to manually >>> set the f-stop on the lens is just icky to me. >> >> Nearly all modern SLRs set the aperture manually via a control on the >> body. Nikon, Canon, Minolta aka Sony, Pentax. In not so much time, >> you might not have any option to buy anything else other than as used >> gear. >> >>> But then I drink all of my scotch neat and my guitar >>> amp is all tube so I just like things a certain way. >> >> I don't know what 'drink all of my scotch neat' means, and I don't >> play the guitar. But I do know how to operate my cameras ... I do >> drink my single malt without adulteration (water, ice, etc), if >> that's what you mean! :-) >> >>> Plus, I almost never shoot in Shutter Priority. >> >> Same here. The DS is almost permanently in Av mode, and occasionally >> in Manual mode. >> >>> Usually, when I want a particular shutter speed, I >>> either adjust the lens (keeping DOF in mind) until I >>> find it or go to manual exposure. >> >> Same here. On the *ist DS, setting the exposure mode to Av (and >> presuming the aperture ring is set to A or there is none) the thumb >> wheel controls the aperture. Just flick it back and forth to adjust >> your lens opening. >> >> I would never buy an SLR that did not give me the option of direct >> control over the lens opening. Whether the control is on the body or >> the lens is irrelevant to me. >> >> Godfrey >> >> > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
