At 12:31 PM 14/09/2006, Subash Jeyan wrote: >thanks dave....didn't some of the other cameras use the ae-l button >for the same purpose? > >regards, subash
Yes the did. But I have the *istD, so that's how I think of it ;-) Dave >On 9/14/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but you have to use stop down metering. > > > > Because K & M lenses don't have an setting "A" on the aperture ring & the > > current line of bodes don't have the aperture stimulator lever thingy, > > there is no communication between the body and the lens as to what the > > lenses aperture is set to. > > > > The way Pentax have got around this is to use the "green button". When you > > need to take a meter reading with a K or M lens you press this button and > > the camera stops down the lens & takes the reading. It sounds awkward, but > > isn't that much of a hassel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
