Adam Maas wrote: > Because it ain't shit. > > The green button hack is one of the reasons I bought the K100D to > replace my D50. Some metering is better than no metering. And that's the > choice we're faced with. > > The Aperture Simulator is dead. Deal With It. Those of us who shoot with > K glass and the DSLR's are doing just fine. > > -Adam
Not all of us. > > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > >>Why settle for shit for no reason? >>Glass is still definitely half empty. >>jco >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Tim Øsleby >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:27 AM >>To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >>Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >>I stand corrected, silly me. My perception is obviously wrong >>[slapping myself happily over forehead]. >> >>The glass is half empty, not half full. >> >> >>Tim >>Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>J. >>C. O'Connell >>Sent: 8. oktober 2006 17:03 >>To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >>Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >>No, an "extra bonus" on a $1000 top line camera would be >>A camera that could read the PK PKM lens aperture setting. That this is >>Not done is ridiculous as its friggin SIMPLE to implement... >>Semi automanual manual is good but it aint open aperture AE >>With PK PKM, while is very possible but still is not done. >>jco >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Tim Øsleby >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:46 AM >>To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >>Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >>Welcome onboard David. >> >>I had exactly the same thoughts as you about metering manual lenses >>before I >>tried it. In real life, it is no problem. After 15 minutes using it, you >>will get used to it. >>In high speed situation you must think a bit ahead, watching at the >>light. >>If lighting changes you need to re push the button every now and then to >>make sure to get the exposure right before the decisive moment. >> >>Lack of matrix metering is a bit frustrating. But in most situations you >>can >>get around it using the histogram fine tuning the exposure. It's the >>same as >>the green button thing. You need to think a bit ahead, being prepared >>for >>the decisive moment. >> >>But what can you expect. Consider the ability to use old lenses as an >>extra >>bonus. >> >> >>Tim >>Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>David Bliss >>Sent: 8. oktober 2006 10:01 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >>Hi all, >> >>I'm new to the list but I've been reading the archives for the last few >>weeks so hopefully I will not make too much of a fool of myself. I'm a >>long >>time amateur user of Pentax 35mm film gear about to buy my first DSLR. I >>was >>minutes away from buying a K100D when the K10D was announced... >> >>I have a lot of manual-aperture K-mount glass, so being able to use it >>on >>a new DSLR is important to me. I know there are workarounds for using >>such on the K100D but they're pretty bad (metering on DOF-preview only >>and/or manually setting aperture to match the lens's). >> >>The dpreview page >>(http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pentaxk10d/page2.asp) >>and a few other verbatim copies thereof explicitly says >>"Ability to use lens aperture ring" so I was very excitted to think that >>Pentax would have finally fixed this (idiotic) design error on the K10D. >> >>But, the press photos of the K10D clearly show an absence of a >>mechanical >>aperture coupling lever. And the (mis)released manual from a couple of >>days ago documents the same behavior as the K100D. Can anyone confirm >>this for sure one was or the other? >> >>Also, can anyone explain to me why the K100D (and apparently the K10D) >>disable >>(a) non-central AF sensors (for focus confirmation, not AF, obviously) >>and >>(b) all the metering modes except CWA when using a pre-A lens? I cannot >>conceive of any possible reason these features would care about the lens >>aperture being set manually. >> >>Thanks! >>David Bliss >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
