I kind of enjoy JCO's arguments... I like to see the different angles he takes to respond to the various posts. I think he's just trying to make a point that he's not happy with the way pentax has moved forward leaving behind 30-year-old technology die-hards like him and I to cry in our beer about the good old days when little steel things protruded from the lenses. i agree wholeheartedly with him but have chosen to enjoy what compatibility that is still left. Every time I think about selling my old lenses I put them on my ist D and that ends that idea.... I like to think of all my old lenses like limited lenses. When I pack my bag full of Ks and Ms and As it's like having a whole camera bag of limited lenses without the autofocus.... LOL.... Vic
On 8-Oct-06, at 7:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
