A few things regarding the "not so good news": > - In aperture priority mode, with a K-mount lens not in "A" position, > the camera chooses the shutter speed as if the lens was set at open > aperture. And really, the aperture stays open during exposure, no matter > what aperture is set on the lens, as the lens's aperture lever is not > released by the camera but stays pressed down, so that the aperture > stays open. I guess the same is true for the *ist.
This makes senses because there is nothing from the body (no mechanical link) to stop down the lens or for the lens to indicate to the body what aperture it is set to. > - In aperture priority mode, with a K-mount lens not in "A" position, > DOF preview can be operated, and the operation can be heard, too, > however, the aperture stays open all the same. Well, this is logical, as > the aperture really will stay open during exposure. Again, perfect sense because there is no mechanical link. > - In manual mode, with a lens not in "A" position, the meter does not > work, but DOF preview does, just like with the *ist. This really is a > shame. Why do the programmers of the camera not just turn the meter ON > with DOF preview activated for manual mode? This makes no sense at all. How can the body stop the lens down with the DOF preview if there is no mechanical link between body and lens? I don't understand how this could possibly work. If the DOF preview can stop the lens down than the body should be able to do the same during exposure, just like a K or M series camera. > - In aperture priority mode, the camera and its meter work correctly > with manual aperture lenses like K28/f3.5 Shift, K500/f4.5, K1000/f8, > and Srew Mount lenses with K-mount adaptor. What do you mean "meter work correctly"? You just stated that in Aperture priority the lens stayed open regardless of what aperture was selected and that the meter reading reflected only the wide-open aperture. I don't see how the *ist or *ist-D could possibly work at all with non-"A" lenses because the body has no mechanical means of stopping the lens down (as stated in the original post). Unless of course I'm missing something..... Perhaps with screw-mount lenses it would work like the LX in Aperture priority does with theses lenses because the lens is stopping itself down and the meter is getting a stopped-down reading. I really can't wait to see a full-production version of the *ist-D. The pre-prod sample you saw seems remarkably like the "prototypes" that were at the various shows. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
