It stopped down to the aperture you selected with the thumbwheel. Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 5/30/10, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: DOF Preview on PZ-1p with an 'A' lens?? > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010, 5:03 PM > From: Bob Sullivan > > John, > > > > Depth of field with the lens set on A will go to f22 > (or whatever is the max). > > I don't remember it ever going to f4, even though the > camera was set > > that way electronically. > > That DOF preview is purely mechanical. > > You have to twist the aperture mechanically to f4 to > see f4 with DOF preview. > > > > Think legacy operation based on where the DOF preview > lever is. > > With the digitals, DOF preview is hooked into the > electronics and > > located by the shutter release. > > (MZ-S too) > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > But when I was taking the photo did it stop down to f/4 or > f/22? > > I can live with the DOF preview stopping down to f/22 in > the 'A' position, but it's gonna' be a real bummer if I'm > two thirds of the way through and find out everything I've > done so far was screwed up. > > I'm still planning to shoot extra subjects just in case, > but it's not easy for me talking people into letting me > stick a camera right up in their face. > > -- 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.
