----- Original Message ----- From: "Alin Flaider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: *ist SLR and K-mount lenses
> So DOF preview works in manual mode but not in Av mode. Conversely, > the camera meters in Av but it declines to do so in manual. > What a mess! Way to go, Pentax... :o< There's more - according to the Harold's report the camera meters in Av but takes only the widest aperture of a lens into account - it seems to me to be something like in the MZ-50. Which means that it should work with the m42 lenses via the K-mount adapter. Working with the plain K-mount lenses stopped down in any way requires an apropriate exposure compensation to be applied. If my above statement is true, than it's not THAT bad. Shame, however, that the DOFp doesn't work in the Av mode. Buying an external meter only to be able to work with the plain K-mount lenses in the M mode of the *ist makes no sense to me. The camera has a new, advanced, 16-segment matrix and it's IMHO better to get rid of such lenses and get the KA-mount ones to be able to use it. One thing I'm sure is that the *ist is not the camera for me - I need full backward compatibility... Regards Artur
