Ah, AEL? I was trying to fiddle with the preview switch for using the M lenses. Now I've got to go try this out.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 01:28:31PM -0500, Nick Wright wrote: >> So I took some shots around the homestead this afternoon with my new >> K100D Super. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/sets/72157616140170257/ > > I particularly liked the fence shot. > >> >> I like this little camera. > > Now you see why I didn't want to sell mine even after I got the K20d. > > Once you set it up to allow shots with aperture ring in the menu, you > can get it to set the exposure with manual lenses by hitting the AEL > button. > > The other setup thing that I found very handy is to program the OK > button to disable autofocus. In low light I'll use a half press of the > shutter to pre-focus, then use the OK button to disable autofocus so > that when I press the shutter there's no lag as the camera struggles > with focus. > > P.S. Welcome to the borg. > > > -- > The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post > the wrong answer. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

