Lon, I think that the DOF will in fact work with any lens. Rather than electronic - more likely electromagnetic. It still has to physically stop down the aperture. So IIRC, it will work whether you stop the lens down or it does.
Bruce Dayton Thursday, January 03, 2002, 7:19:41 AM, you wrote: LW> Welcome aboard, Dave. LW> You'll find the ZX-M is not mentioned much around here, LW> but what the hey? My wife owns one, and I think it's a sweet LW> camera. The DOF Preview on your camera is electronic, I think, LW> and therefore will not work with a pre-A lens. It moves the LW> aperature from wide open to "taking" so you can evaluate background, LW> subject sharpness, etc. It _will_ dim the viewfinder if your taking LW> aperature is significantly smaller than your wide-open lens. LW> -Lon LW> David Regan wrote: >> >> Hi Folks! >> >> I am a new member to the Pentax Discussion group. I was on Santa's Nice list >> this year, and _she_ got me a new ZXM. I know it might sound strange, but >> this was a significant upgrade over my other "analog" cameras (A Canonette >> QL17, AE1, and a Leica c11) and my digitals. . I look forward to sharing my >> phtographs with the group and getting help with the "intricasies" of this >> camera (can anyone enlighten me as to how the Depth of Field preview >> works?). >> Happy Holidays everyone! >> Dave LW> - LW> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, LW> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to LW> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
