At 08:14 8.2.2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Personally, I still have trouble getting any useful idea of
>depth of field by using the depth of field preview but I do find
>it invaluable for judging the quality of the out-of-focus
>background in macro shots. I tend to think of it as a "quality
>of bokeh preview" button.
>
Also, it's quite good to judge flare (which pretty much disappears with
most lenses, but sometimes gets worse) stopped down - I found DOF preview
INVALUABLE for flare preview in my wideangle landscapes (hey, even my SMC
lens flares :)
Frantisek (btw, a cheap, not most secure but still better than nothing
DOF-P can be had on ANY pentax body by half-way turning the lens out. Try
it, but don't lose the grip on the lens :)
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