"Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I understand that but does that mean that I can't use >multi-pattern (matrix) metering when I use this lens on my >PZ-1p? If I can't, how come the PZ-1p shows all indications of >using it? > >I guess what I'm trying to say is, if the camera supposedly >switches automatically to some other metering mode when a K or M >lens is attached, why doesn't it indicate the change in the >viewfinder or on the LCD panel? Is that a bug in the PZ-1p?
My guess is a software glitch in the PZ-1p. Try metering a few complex lighting scenes while switching from CW to Matrix metering and see if there's a difference. I don't have an A50/1.2 to try it myself :( > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 1:30 PM >Subject: Re: manual lenses on autofocus body? > > >> "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Well, you see, I've read what Mark said about the A50 f/1.2 >here >> >on the list a few other times. It supposedly has to do with >a >> >difference in the lens contacts, or something. >> >> It's because the A50/1.2 actually *doesn't have* any >minimum/maximum aperture >> contacts, just the single "A" (program/shutter-preferred) >contact. So cameras >> can't tell the A50/1.2 from *any* K or M series lens. See the >information on >> Boz's page at >http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/extras/K-mount/Kaf.html >> >> >Perhaps the >> >PZ-1p is just different enough, compared to the ZX-5n, that >it >> >doesn't have this problem. I wouldn't have thought so, >though, >> >because the ZX-5n is a newer body than the PZ-1p. >> > >> >Anyway, I've never experienced any problems using the A50 >f/1.2 >> >on my PZ-1p. >> >> Right. It just behaves as if you've mounted a K-series or >M-series lens. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts >> www.robertstech.com >> - >> 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 . -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - 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 .
