On Feb 8, 2008 4:10 AM, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, the ability to set aperture from the body, or lack thereof, > didn't really change with the introduction of digital, did it? > > Most AF film bodies could could control the aperture directly from the > body, but didn't have separate controls for aperture and exposure time. > You can say exactly the same thing about the digital bodies, as far as I > can tell. Any film body that offers Programmed exposure control and/or Shutter Preferred Automatic exposure control will control the lens without using the aperture ring. That was the whole idea behind the "A" setting on the lens. Even a low end 80s era camera such as the P50 will do this, the Super program or Program Plus are higher end examples. What you lose with these cameras when you take off the aperture ring is the ability to shoot in manual exposure or aperture preferred automatic. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
