I am not saying it should be removed, its a good MANUAL Mode to use ( aside from the fact that its stop down which Isnt good) when you want or need manual mode. But if you Want or need AE its NOT THERE. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 2:47 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? I agree. It quickly becomes an automatic. I've even shot sports action with K lenses and the *ist D. No problem. In fact, it encourages one to think about the exposure. Paul On Oct 8, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > Welcome onboard David. > > I had exactly the same thoughts as you about metering manual lenses > before I > tried it. In real life, it is no problem. After 15 minutes using > it, you > will get used to it. > In high speed situation you must think a bit ahead, watching at the > light. > If lighting changes you need to re push the button every now and > then to > make sure to get the exposure right before the decisive moment. > > Lack of matrix metering is a bit frustrating. But in most > situations you can > get around it using the histogram fine tuning the exposure. It's > the same as > the green button thing. You need to think a bit ahead, being > prepared for > the decisive moment. > > But what can you expect. Consider the ability to use old lenses as > an extra > bonus. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > David Bliss > Sent: 8. oktober 2006 10:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > > 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 > [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 -- 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
