So Bill, Ya actually fell for the Pentax scheme, eh? <hehehe> Jack
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Bliss" > Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > > > > Tim, > > > > Thanks for the welcome, I appreciate it. :) I feel bad for having > > > set off > > a landmine of ranting without knowing it... > > You had no way of knowing. > > > > > I'm disappointed that the K10D hasn't readded the aperture linkage, > > > but > > I suppose I can tranfer my hopes to the K1D for a while anyway. > > Don't hold your breath. > > > > > I guess the question I REALLY meant to ask was: what, if anything, > > does > > dpreview's assertion that you can "use lens aperture ring" mean, > > since it clearly doesn't mean what I think it means? Even on A > > lenses, > > I for one would much rather set the aperture using the lens > aperture > > ring, > > with a nice big custom-designed control, than use a stupid fiddly > knob > > on > > the camera body -- just like when doing manual focus I want to use > the > > lens focus control and not twiddle a potentiometer like on one of > my > > old > > Sony cameras (and most non-pro video cameras). > > You can use the lens aperture ring, but you don't get tranparent > light > metering. > The control wheels on the istD aren't bad, though I find myself > turning > them the wrong way most of the time. > Full old mount support would be nice, but the implementation as > supplied > works adequately, though you have to watch your light levels closely, > as > you can drop out of meter's EV range easily. > I lost a couple of minutes sleep over the issue a few years ago, and > then decided to take the pragmatic approach and buy a bunch of new > lenses. > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
