Well it's quicker and more convenient than the alternative which is to not have it at all...
J and K Messervy wrote: >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 >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
