It would seem to me that a lot of Pentax users thinking about getting the *ist or the *ist-D might be on the prowl for Pentax lenses with the "scarlet letter" A on them. Maybe Pentax might not sell too many FAJ lenses when they come out since so many of the older A's seem to be out there. Right now I am more prone to waiting until a second generation *ist-D comes out that hopefully will meter with the older K and M lenses. If not Pentax maybe Sigma might come out with a digital slr using K mount lenses. I know that is pretty farfetch but one can only dream.
Jim A. > From: Johan Uiterwijk Winkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:24:39 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Views on the F 70-210 > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:17:26 -0400 > > Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Talking to myself I am. Not a good sign this is <grin>. >> >>> I see. Well, I did not know that. But then I suppose it means that my >>> soon to arrive F 85/2.8 soft would have A position too. That's way cool. >> >> >> I went to Boz's site and saw there that F 85/2.8 soft has no A >> position. Still, both my cameras have no problem with that anyway... >> > How do you meter with a lens without an A position. ? > I want to try to get a lens without an A position (because there are a > lot of good lenses for little money on the second hand market at this > moment ) and tryed to meter if with my Pentax *ist body. I took a lens > with an A position and tryed to measure the light with the lens not set > to A but to 8.0. In the LCD display (in the M mode) no diafragm value > was displayed and I could only measure the light with full diafragm(it > seemed i could only measure the light with the full diafragm opening, > changing the diafragm on the lens did not influence the measured > exposure time). > > Is this beause i used an A lens or are not A lenses not compatible with > this body ? > > Thanx. > > Johan. > > > > > >
