Hello David, Add a filter to your email application to just put JCO's ranting in the trash automatically. I turn on that filter every time he starts in on this nonsense. As John Forbes said, it happens about every six months.
Others have answered the question, but here's the scoop: To use pre-A series M/K-mount lenses, or any A series or later lens with the lens taken off the A setting, you 0) Set the custom function to "Using Aperture Ring - Permitted" This tells the camera to operate the aperture mechanism in K mount mode when the camera mode selector is set to Manual. Since the camera does not have the mechanical aperture simulator, when you fit a lens as above you 1) set the mode selector to Manual 2) set the aperture you want to use with the lens' aperture ring 3) be sure the meter is activated (a half press on the shutter button activates the meter circuitry) 4) press the green button /AE-Lock button The camera will stop down the lens briefly, take a reading, and set the appropriate shutter speed. This is not auto exposure, to my way of thinking, but semi-automatic exposure operation. It is simple and fluid in use, although I'm the first to say that I don't like mixing post-A and pre-A series lenses much because having to switch modes on the camera and modes of thought in use can lead to errors. I am pretty sure we'll never see another Pentax with the mechanical aperture simulator, but I'd be happy to be wrong on that count. Don't hold your breath for it. ;-) Godfrey On Oct 8, 2006, at 9:44 PM, David Bliss wrote: > 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). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
