Godfrey, I too have noticed the rather late actuation of the iris blades ???? I'm afraid you are right, Godfrey. The camera seem to chose the same speed regardless of the aperture setting - meaning it fires wide open :-( However, in Manual mode this is not the case. The aperture works in time. But the speed has to be set manually. If you turn the wheel while holding down the DOF dial, the viewfinder will tell you how many stops you are off. You can correct the exposure with the thumb wheel (until the reading says 0.0). Then you'll get correctly exposed images. But i's troublesome - adn will keep me from using M or K lenses, except maybe for flash photography.
Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey DiGiorgi Sendt: 25. juni 2006 22:24 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: DL and K-lenses - "other than a" Be sure ... According to the instruction manual and my experience with the DS, using the DS/2 and DL/2 a K-mount or M-series lens will only stop down to taking aperture at the time of exposure in Manual or B exposure mode. The iris mechanism is operated the lens is actually wide open at exposure time ... the actuation of the iris is after the exposure as the mirror returns. All other exposure modes default to Av regardless of the position of the mode selector. The camera sets an exposure time for whatever the ISO, lighting conditions, and lens full-aperture might be. If it is otherwise on the DL, this is news to me. :-) Godfrey On Jun 25, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: > It seems that I am able to photograph just fine in M, Av and Tv with a > K-lens on the DL! > This is relly true? It seems to work fine - after stoped down with > the DOF > dial. > It does stop down while fireing. Amazing. > > My D can't do this ;-) > This was shot in Av mode: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/174758116/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.3/374 - Release Date: 06/23/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.3/374 - Release Date: 06/23/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
