The istDL doesn't have a green button, so I've found that I have to use the DOF preview lever to stop down the lens to get the right exposure settings in M mode. It works but is not quick or convenient.
James ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:12 PM Subject: Re: K10D and Lenses with Aperture Ring > Have a look here Shel: > > <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Misc_014.html> > > The circled lever is the aperture simulator on my LX. This is how the > body knows what the lens aperture is set to. The lever and the > associated electronics are what is missing from all the DSLR's & is > why we have the "green button kludge". > > The lower picture shows the lever on my M50mm f1.7. In this shot it's > set at f22, but it's position changes depending on the set f stop. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 9/14/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I still don't know what an aperture simulator is, but the earlier >> D-series >> cameras had the same menu setting, and many of us have been using lenses >> with aperture rings all along. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
