actually, a usable live view mode with magnification has proven to be of most use to me. i've shot m42 takumars with pentax k10d and a canon 5d mkII and the use with the latter is much more pleasurable and much more useful, especially towards the wide end (not only the angle of view, but also the ability to focus properly)
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:34 PM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't forget the Hyper Manual mode. > http://www.ok1000pentax.com/2009/04/pentax-hyper-program-and-hyper-manual.html > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=36220193 > > Shooting with m42 lenses is best on a Pentax, because of Hyper Manual. > Also, you should try to use an old preset lens on your Pentax (like > the inexpensive Tele-Takumar 200mm f5.6). > Presets work great and aren't hard to get used to at all on a DSLR. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, NE > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: >> On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:00, Sam L wrote: >> >>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: >>>> On Nov 4, 2010, at 14:03, Subash wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi, >>>>> >>>>> anybody have experience with this lens? pretty heavy, a little over >>>>> 1.5kg, but i saw one today for sale, it's in almost mint condition and >>>>> so badly needs a caring home :) the one i saw today is the one on this >>>>> page: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/Takumar-300mm-F4-1962.html >>>>> >>>>> i guess what i really want to know is that once mounted with an m42 >>>>> adapter, does one use this like a K/M lens with stop-down >>>>> metering/green button? would appreciate any input you may have... >>>>> >>>> >>>> It will be different. The aperture does not get held open, so if you're >>>> dialing the lens down to f/11 you'll be looking through a lens which is >>>> actually stopped down to f/11. >>>> >>>> On the bright (ha!) side, metering in Av mode would be real-time with no >>>> need for the green button. >>> >>> >>> Charles, forgive me for asking, but do you actually use m42 lenses on >>> a recent pentax dslr? >> >> Brief answer: I *have done so*, but do not regularly do so. >> >>> >>> I ask because I think it is a little misleading to say that metering >>> in Av mode is "automatic". Let me immediately state that I'm a nOOb >>> at both dslrs and m42s. But my experience is that when working with >>> pentax dslrs and m42 lenses: >>> - Av mode will work correctly ONLY if your aperture is wide open. if >>> you want to stop down the lens, then the metering gets helplessly >>> inaccurate. >> >> I have found it works fine... if it's not too dark where I'm shooting. >> Stopping it down indoors, for example, can quickly throw the amount of light >> hitting the meter down into the "what the heck, I can't measure that" range. >> Then it stinks. >> >>> - Manual mode: the meter works reliably but requires one extra push >>> of your metering or green button. (focus, set your aperture on the >>> lens such that the blades actually visibly stop down, press the green >>> button, fire away). >> >> This could yield the same problems as above, if it's too dark. I couldn't >> see (in my admittedly-limited exposure with this old crappy lens I never >> use) a difference between the two methods. But... this was 3 years ago so I >> guess it would be wrong to say that my experience is current! >> >> -Charles >> >> -- >> Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com >> Minneapolis, MN >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
