I got the Aperture ring permitted thingy taken care of..
For exposures I've been winging it and correcting by what I see on the
LCD screen..
Between you, Paul and Bob you solved the 28mm question... and I love
that lens...
back to the streets tomorrow :-)
a
On 7/29/2013 23:35, P.J. Alling wrote:
Your *ist-D was probably already set up when you got it. You have to go
into the Menu and find "Using Aperture Ring" and set it to permitted. I
believe that was the wording on the *ist-D and the Ds. Pentax didn't
change it for the K20D so I expect that it's the same for the K-5. The
K20D has that setting in the Custom Page of the Menu, but it would also
make a certain amount of sense for it to be in the in the Setup Page, so
if you don't find it in Custom, check the Setup section. I can't tell
you for sure where it would be because I'm still shooting with the K20F.
Noone else seems to like doing this, but with M and K lenses, (or for
that matter A, F, and FA lenses), you can do old fashioned Stop Down
metering kind of like using a Spotmatic. You set DOF preview to
Optical, then with the mode dial set to manual, and a lens off A,
holding in the DOF preview stops down the lens to taking aperture, and
turns on the meter, you can then adjust the aperture to get the proper
exposure. The K20D runs out of EV range in the meter pretty fast when
used that way, but then again, it has the same problem with the green
button too.
On 7/29/2013 10:24 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Thanks guys for the input on the manual lens stuff..
I've now told the camera it is a 50mm lens, (the Smc A)
but more importantly, I think the focus problem was the diopter
setting in the view finder.. I took off the eye cup and then was able
to change the diopter - and see better too. I have to do some more shots
to convince myself I can keep things sharp... quickly.. it was hard to
see the lines that you are supposed to make sharp. but I think I've
got it now. (doing it with my distance glasses on.)
Derby, re "Zone focusing" - is that the same thing as what I know as
"Hyper-focal distance?" setting it for shooting from the hip?
when I use the 50, I have to set the lens on A for it to work at all
The 28mm lens I have isn't an A series . It worked with an adaptor
on my Rebel... Nothing happens at all - Can't push the shutter, etc
..and window that tells you how to tell the camera what lens you have
doesn't appear. Too bad, I'd love to use that lens
ann
On 7/29/2013 17:41, Derby Chang wrote:
Love the first one. I wonder what their music is like.
Ann, have you tried zone focusing? Not as easy with a 50, but doable.
On 29/07/2013 10:18 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I went out this evening near dusk for these - it just started to rain.
I wanted to check out the K-5 with a manual lens... if only I could
focus faster I'd have had a lot more respectable shots..
But I like these three - 2 street shots, and one kitty.. (not Ashley
The lens was the smc Pentax-A 50mm f1.4 that I've had since the early
80's. It seems to me there is lots more light coming into the good
ole manual than the DA 18-55.
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662636400_Bg5FRgD/Medium
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662602725_2cksxrx/Medium
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2662619043_R3BZB3p/Medium
ann
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