Its more difficult to get good focus when the lens is stopped down to say 8, 11, 22.... Its quite dim. I'm not sure it would work properly in AV move, though I will give it a try and report back.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:34 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
