Quite right.
Tom C. >From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: another *ist-D question >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:13:48 -0600 > >You have to: > >1) get the firmware that allows the green button operation >2) enable, through the menus, the shutter to fire in non-A position >3) set it to M >4) focus, press the green button to set the speed, and fire the shutter > >repeat #4 for every new metering situation, otherwise just fire the >shutter. > >rg > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Okay, so I've finally gone digital. I bought a D from Cameta Camera, > > that ebay dealer who is selling them at closeout prices and which led > > to a discussion about it here the other week. I bought the kit with > > the D, FA-J 28-80mm lens and a Pentax cleaning cloth. (The lens is > > useless to me as I already have a 28-80 which I seldom use, but it > > was only $5 more than the basic camera without lens so what the hell. > > I figure I'll barter it at my favourite camera store for a few rolls > > of film.). The camera is as advertised; new with USA warranty card. > > The only negative thing about the deal was that the mircofiber > > cleaning cloth is supposed to be Pentax as well, instead it > > reads...Fujifilm! > > > > All in all, I think a good deal for a new digital (albeit obsolete) > > camera. I even did alright on the CF card: my local Radio Shack was > > selling 1gb Sandisk cards for $59.99 but when the clerk rang it in it > > came up at $24.99, so I grabbed two! > > > > I've set it up, updated the firmware and taken a few shots. Now my > > question is this, and I apologise because I know it's been asked and > > answered on the list before, but how do I get the thing to meter with > > my old pre-A lenses? I have enabled the aperture ring via the Pentax > > function. Now what? Is it just hit and miss, varying the exposure and > > checking the display after each shot until you hit it right? I could > > live with that but surely there has to be a more elegant solution. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > >-- >Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I >was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's >a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? >- Mitch Hedberg > >-- >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
