To use AV, the camera needs to know which stop the lens is set to. With no couplings, no info. So no go. Jostein
Den 12. januar 2017 05.34.50 CET, skrev "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]>: >If the lens stops down as you turn the aperture ring, basically like a >preset mechanism, why not set the camera mode to Av. Then one dial >will >work to change shutter speed and the other to either adjust ISO or >exposure compensation. I'd use comp, could make a case for either. >Using manual exposure and the green button doesn't seem to make a lot >of >sense in this case. > > >On 1/11/2017 4:12 PM, Gonz wrote: >> There is no aperture linking at all. If you stop it down, the view >> gets dim and you need to press the green button to meter. So >> essentially you focus at 2.8, stop down to the aperture you want, >> meter with the green button, and snap the pic. Its a pain, but if >> your subject is static, not much of a problem. If your subject is a >> bug or something more dynamic, its going to be more problematic. >Live >> view is also dim when stopped down... >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Gonz wrote: >>>> Well the Venus (Laowa) 60mm 2.8 macro lens (2:1) came. I'm very >>>> impressed with the packaging. It comes with a nice protective >pouch, >>>> but the very nice thing was that it came in a vacuum packed wrapper >>>> around the lens, assuring that no dust would get in at any time. >It >>>> also came with a clear front filter, a nice touch. The lens feels >>>> very solid and well built. No rattling and its nice and hefty too. >>>> The focus feels smooth and just the right amount of resistance. >>>> >>>> Tried a few pics with it and its extremely sharp. I am going to >post >>>> some pics here but so far it is an amazing lens for the price. The >>>> stop-down metering does not bother me. I suppose it could get a >>>> little problematic in situations where the subject is dynamic, like >a >>>> bug or something. >>> >>> By stop down metering, do you mean like old m42, where you have to >stop it >>> down to meter? Or rather that there isn't a lever to stop down the >lens when >>> you take a photo, so the aperture is physically what is set on the >ring? How >>> does that work in live view? My guess is that live view doesn't >even >>> notice. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) >http://red4est.com/lrc >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
