Rick, I checked some other old glass and my conclusion is the same as yours. Thanks. Toine
On 28 March 2010 03:29, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
