John, It is stopping down to f4 for your pictures, not f22. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 4:03 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
