The camera has no aperture lever. Thus, it can only meter M and K lenses wide open. e.g. If you have an M50/2, the camera will meter for f2. If you have the aperture ring set to f8, you'll be underexposing significantly. You can override the shutter speed, but you'll have to calculate the exposure in your head. Unlike the DSLR cameras, there is no green button kludge. Needless to say, shooting with M and K lenses, or any lens without an 'A' setting, is frustrating at best. With screw mount lenses, though, simply put the camera in Av and stop the lens down. Works wonderfully.
I had mine up for sale a while back and put some pics online. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Ist?authkey=KSoUlXda0tM On 3/11/07, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, can the M lenses be used in a strictly manual mode, or are you saying > there is no mechanism in the ist to stop the lens down on the camera? > > Walt > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
