William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nenad Djurdjevic"
Subject: Re: A-lenses aperture indication
I wrote:
I had an SFXn and the reason it didn't display the aperture in
the
viewfinder was because it had no means of doing so in *any* mode.
Alexander wrote:
I know this. I meant to say that also with F/FA
lenses, the SFX didn't show the aperture in the
*display on the top plate* when the lens was set off A
(unlike later bodies).
Good point Alexander. Now that you mention it I also remember that
it
didn't give an
aperture reading on the top plate LCD either. It's strange how the
Pentax
engineers put the camera into production before sorting out little
(but
important) details like that.
I recall reading at the time that the chipped lenses were introduced
before the bodies were fully able to take advantage of it. One of the
things a rep told me at the time was that there just wasn't space in
the body for all the electronics required.
Remember, you are talking about technology that is, by todays
standards, pretty prehistoric.
William Robb
And it was damned difficult making photographs with those stone knives
and bearskins.
