Program mode is for idiots. AE with aperture selected By photographer is another matter altoghter. I have Never used Program mode in my life and never will. Maxrix metering really has nothing to do will PK/PKM Vs later lenses, just another screwjob by pentax... jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? Because I shoot DSLR's and manual bodies. Can't compare to what I don't use. And other than the Manual and Aperture priority bodies, K/M lenses do not have full function on other bodies (No Shutter Priority or Program, no Matrix Metering). -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > But the DSLR are NOT manual bodies...DUH. > With the on board CPUs the PK/PKM lens > Implementation would be child's play. > Why compare a manual body to DSLR? > The DSLR should be compared to LX/KX > Which had these features 25-30 YEARS ago! > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:43 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > > In practice, the 'Green Button'/AE-lock hack on the DSLR's is simple and > > easy to use. You always set aperture on the lens for non-A lenses, and > either hit the AE-Lock (Green Button on D/K10D) and it immediately sets > an appropriate shutter speed or you use the DoF preview to get a > metering readout. I usually do the former and it works very well. > > Av mode is usable with adaptor-mounted glass (since that is stop-down on > > any K mount body and doesn't have the aperture coupling either) or > wide-open with pre-A glass. The latter is surprisingly useful for a > serious low-light shooter like me. > > Frankly working with MF glass on the K100D is less hassle than using the > > same glass on my MX (Or any other purely manual body). > > -Adam > > > > David Bliss wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm new to the list but I've been reading the archives for the last > few >> weeks so hopefully I will not make too much of a fool of myself. I'm > a long >> time amateur user of Pentax 35mm film gear about to buy my first DSLR. > I was >> minutes away from buying a K100D when the K10D was announced... >> >> I have a lot of manual-aperture K-mount glass, so being able to use it > on >> a new DSLR is important to me. I know there are workarounds for using >> such on the K100D but they're pretty bad (metering on DOF-preview only >> and/or manually setting aperture to match the lens's). >> >> The dpreview page > (http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pentaxk10d/page2.asp) >> and a few other verbatim copies thereof explicitly says >> "Ability to use lens aperture ring" so I was very excitted to think > that >> Pentax would have finally fixed this (idiotic) design error on the > K10D. >> But, the press photos of the K10D clearly show an absence of a > mechanical >> aperture coupling lever. And the (mis)released manual from a couple > of >> days ago documents the same behavior as the K100D. Can anyone confirm >> this for sure one was or the other? >> >> Also, can anyone explain to me why the K100D (and apparently the K10D) > disable >> (a) non-central AF sensors (for focus confirmation, not AF, obviously) > and >> (b) all the metering modes except CWA when using a pre-A lens? I > cannot >> conceive of any possible reason these features would care about the > lens >> aperture being set manually. >> >> Thanks! >> David Bliss >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
