I've been using the 164/4 for outdoor portraiture. It's a great lens and quite easy to use. You simply set the camera shutter speed at 1/8 second, then set the leaf shutter as required. Like any leaf shutter, the shutter must be cocked for each shot. Of course you can't use TTL metering, since the camera thinks the shutter speed is 1/8. Paul
Bruce Dayton wrote: > > Since it is quiet on the list, I thought I would make a comment. Based > on the last couple of times I have used the 67 for some outdoor > portraits, I have been dealing with sun and shadows. With my old > PZ-1p's or my MZ-S's I would simply put on the flash and use the > relatively high flash synch to do some flash fill. Works pretty well > and quite painless. With the 67 I have been faced with the 1/30 flash > synch speed which has caused me to have to use a small aperture > (smaller than desired) to be able to flash fill. > > So I found a 90/2.8 leaf shutter lens on KEH site that looked to be in > good shape. It should arrive here tomorrow and then I'll do some > tests with it. If it works well for me, then I'll probably pick up > the 165/4 leaf shutter lens also. For the 90 - it could replace my > current 90/2.8 because the lenses are the same speed. However, for > the 165, I need the 2.8 in dimmer light situations for focusing - so > I'd probably keep both (sounds like Shel stating that more than 1 lens > in a focal length is a good thing). One for outdoor flash fill stuff > and the other for everything else. > > If anyone has any tips on how to use either lens, I would appreciate > hearing. The 90 won't be coming with any kind of manual so I will > have to figure it out. I remember someone saying that there are two > different synch settings, just don't remember what the difference is. > > Bruce Dayton > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
