Yep, you have the idea there. I remember someone had a way of setting the
ISO to a certain setting (depends on film and lens) and the little dots on
the light meter scale would indicate the aperture, but I forgot the details
as I don't have a MZ-50. Anyway, good luck with combo!
Todd
At 07:31 PM 3/24/01 +1000, you wrote:
>
>"Todd, thankyou so much for this! I had no idea that I could use it in TV
>mode providing that it is wide open. I almost always shoot in manual and
>hadn't even considered trying the other modes. I am so happy that I can
>now use this lens! I was quite disappointed to find that the meter wouldn't
>work with the lens and not having a handheld meter, I had rendered it
>virtually useless on this camera! So basically, what you are saying is that
>if I want to use it say on f5.6, then I just slow down the shutter speed
>that
>the camera advises by 21/2 stops? Makes sense now! I am renewed, I
>can use my lens, and in actual fact, it may prove beneficial to my
>learning to have to work this way for some time, as I will really have to
>think about the relationship between the f-stops and the shutter speed. So,
>there we go, there is a silver lining after all!"
>
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