I've read a few previews of the K-1 at a number of different sites, and
a lot of them make a big deal of it's backward compatibility with K and
M lenses. The only site that actually went into any detail was the
Pentax Fora where they described the green button kludge. To those of
us who've used Pentax DSLRs this isn't a big deal they have all done
that, since the first or second firmware update for the *ist-D. Wide
open metering, /that/ would be a big deal.
One of the lenses I use regularly is the M 85mm f2.0. On film it was a
little soft wide open especially away from the center of the frame,
(probably because it was designed primarily for portraits), on APS-C
digital it's pretty sharp wide open corner to corner, more than good
enough for the resolution of up to a 16mp sensor.
Unfortunately I use it a lot in very dark available light situations,
because it's relatively fast, and compact, (really about the same size
as a 55mm f1.8), and using stop down metering it's really easy to run
out of the meters e.v. range and get very bad suggestions for exposure
using the green button.
I was really hoping to get an aperture simulator back almost entirely
for that lens.
On 2/23/2016 9:36 PM, mail1 wrote:
Will the K-! support Pentax M series lens?
Jonathan
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