Very true mate and it works well enough for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:05 AM Subject: Re: K10D and Lenses with Aperture Ring
> 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 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
