If your settings are all correct, sounds like there is something wrong with the camera or the operator because a screwmount lens should meter in AV mode the same as a K/M lens wide open if the screw lens is set (stopped down) to the same aperture as the K/M lens's wide open value. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Av/Screwmount oddities Mat Maessen wrote: > On 11/22/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I've recently noticed an oddity with using screwmount lenses in Av on >>the K100D. Underexposure. > > > Check your exposure compensation setting. IIRC, it does nothing in > manual mode, and the camera remembers it in Av/Tv/Program modes. > > -Mat > Checked, in fact it was the first thing I checked (I figured I'd accidently dialed -1 in instead of +1 as the command dial works opposite from my brain). I've got it set at +1 right now to get a better exposure out of it right now. -Adam -- 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

