Thanks, Dave ... between your pics and explanation, and Lucas's explanation, I finally got it. I knew all along how the lens/body thing worked on older lenses, but the term "aperture simulator" threw me. I never knew what it was called. Hard to believe, eh ;-))
Shel > [Original Message] > From: David Savage > <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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
