Toine, A little late, but... On my (P)Z-1(p) cameras, it was normal for the aperture set on the camera and the aperture set on the (A and FA) lenses not to agree--often a stop off. The exposures were fine (on slide film), so I didn't worry about it.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 3/21/10, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Toine <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO A400 Sparrow > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2:32 PM > The recent discussions about the > A400/5.6 made me wonder about my copy > and I gave it a torture test (didn't use it on the K20). > Heavy > overcast sky etc. > > http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/121-sparrow > > Not bad a little fringing that's all. > > I did notice something odd, could the owners of this lens > check this > - Put the lens on f/8, look in the lens and use the preview > function > (the off on * switch) > - Put the lens on A and set the aperture of the camera at > f/8 look > through the lens and use the preview button. > > My copy shows different closings of the aperture maybe half > a stop. > exposure is ok. If this isn't normal I think I have it > scheduled for a > checkup. > > Toine > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
