Heh! :-) Inconvenient to do f:2.8 with flashes, but I can use the lens as long as I keep it between 35mm and 50mm. In a pinch I could use my 18-55 too. It would be up around f:8-11, and it's reasonably sharp there.
I have to admit I'm questioning my informal policy of only owning one set of glass. Backups are a good plan in just about all aspects of life. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > Just shoot everything wide open. Embrace the softness. ;) > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yeah, sorry about your troubles Bruce. I don't really understand how >> the camera electrically controls aperture with A lenses onwards, but >> triggering the aperture itself is still all mechanical. I had a >> feeling that it might be something bad in the movement of the lever. >> If you are getting correct EXIF information (focal length, selected >> aperture, etc), then the lens is probably communicating with the >> camera ok. I try to keep a cheap AF 28-80 around as a beater/emergency >> lens. My current FA28-80 is pretty banged up and needs replaced with >> something slightly more robust. Hope you have something that will work >> out for your shoot. >> >> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> No and no. The EXIF records what should have happened, not what I get. >>> Zooming apparently mechanically sticks the aperture wide open. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Attila Boros <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Sorry to read that. Can you stop it down in DOF preview? Is the >>>> aperture recorded in EXIF data correct? >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I think I know the answer to this, but what the hell. >>>>> >>>>> I'm testing a lighting setup today. K-3 on M, remote triggered flashes >>>>> for light. Settings are around 1/125th, ISO 200, f:11. >>>>> >>>>> So I zoom in on my test object, ~35mm, shoot, exposure is perfect. I >>>>> pull the zoom out, 16mm, shoot, exposure is _wildly_ off. Lightroom >>>>> suggests at least 4-5 stops overexposed, but it's madly clipped. WTF? >>>>> This is repeatable. But every once in a while, like after >>>>> power-cycling K-3, the exposure is right. >>>>> >>>>> Long story short: cleaned the contacts of both K-3 and 16-50, nothing. >>>>> Swapped an 18-55 in and bingo! 100% perfect exposure at all zooms. >>>>> >>>>> So it looks like the DA* 16-50 is failing to stop down for the shutter >>>>> under some circumstances, like very wide zoom. Has anyone else >>>>> experienced this? Is it something that one can fix, eg by giving it a >>>>> good smack? :-) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -bmw >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
