Congratulations on your good buy. The D is still an excellent camera. I still use mine quite a bit even though I have a K10. To use older lenses, set the exposure mode of the *istD to "M." Select your aperture on the K or M lens, then press the green button on the camera. Your D will set the shutter speed. Paul On Dec 20, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Steve Sharpe 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! > > -- > > Steve Sharpe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > • > > http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html > > -- > 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
