Seems like it might be good idea to revive the pre-set lenses of my youth! Then you could have open-aperture focussing and stopped-down metering and exposure...
Do I need to put a smiley here? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:01 AM Subject: Re: Protecting Lens Mount Contacts > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:09:40AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >> BTW, it seems easier to use a screw mount lens on the ist-Series camera >> than a K mount. At least in the limited circumstances that I've tried >> thus >> far. > > That's the general opinion, amongst most folks who have tried it. > You get (stopped-down) Aperture Priority exposure mode simply by > mounting the lens+adapter on the body. > > You lose open-aperture composition through the viewfinder, of course, > but that's true of using a screw-mount lens on any K-mount body. > > In fact I've suggested, rather tongue-in-cheek, that this is the > ultimate in backwards compatibility; with a screw-mount lens on > my *ist-D I can use it (in manual mode) just like my Spotmatic II. > Or, if I want this newfangled AE stuff, that's available too. > > > -- > 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
